Example sentences of "[noun sg] be on [art] first " in BNC.

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1 The Headmaster 's Study was on the first floor next to Four .
2 Your room 's on the first floor . ’
3 Our room is on the first floor .
4 Clive Barnes 's room was on the first floor , overlooking the churchyard .
5 Her room was on the first floor , at the back , opposite the top of the kitchen stairs .
6 His room was on the first floor of the college , looking down into a narrow street that ran beside it .
7 In the examples given , which seem to be the most common , the primary stress is on the first syllable of the suffix .
8 The sitting-room was on the first floor , above the garage , with a picture window overlooking a small park .
9 The focus of the Lucas ( 1973 ) paper is on the first of these predicted relationships ; that is , between the volatility of aggregate demand and its impact on real output .
10 His father was on the first fire-engine to arrive and Raymond was on the second .
11 His father was on the first lifeboat .
12 My concern is on the first page , the grammatical errors in the
13 My birthday is on the first of — What could that last month be ?
14 But as soon as his foot was on the first step of the stairs , Charles heard the fatal summons over the loudspeaker .
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