Example sentences of "[noun sg] on the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | So , straight away , Terry Nation sat down at his typewriter and began work on the first phase of any TV writing project , the story idea . |
| 32 | But as work on the first phase was completed , Britain was heading into a recession . |
| 33 | Mr Braithwaite said work on the first stage of the new road was on schedule to start at the end of this year or early in 1993 . |
| 34 | The Indian presence in far flung outposts of the Empire , for example , from Malaysia to East Africa , can only be understood in this context , and it is important to note that a tradition of emigration from Jamaica had already developed in the nineteenth century , with 2,000 Jamaicans migrating to build railways in Panama , followed by well over 80,000 who went to work on the first attempt at constructing the Panama Canal in the 1880s . |
| 35 | Looking around , Ashenden noted yet again the readily observable fact that ( doubtless like animals ) tourists from very early on staked out their territories : find them sitting at one particular table for dinner and almost invariably , for breakfast next morning , you would find them sitting at the very same table ; allocate them to particular seats in a coach on the first part of a journey , and as if by some proprietorial right the passengers would thereafter usually veer towards those selfsame seats . |
| 36 | Someone called Prue , who until today had remained hidden in the wardrobe-room on the first floor pedalling her sewing machine , had a chair allocated for her use in the prompt corner and a space reserved for cotton reels and safety pins on the props table in the wings . |
| 37 | Now came yet another pub : The Crystal Fountain , which was quite a large three storeyed building , having a prominent bay window on the first floor . |
| 38 | I was at the window on the first floor of a large house ( Ladymont ? ) and there was a black horse below . |
| 39 | Gandalf remarks at the same time that he sent Gwaihir the eagle to watch the River ; presumably he was the eagle Aragorn saw , but thought nothing of , as he stared out from Amon Hen on the first page of The Two Towers . |
| 40 | Tomba had led by almost a second on the first run . |
| 41 | How long do you sit in the sun on the first day of your holiday ? |
| 42 | Jack was in an attacking mood and hit an immense drive over the angle of the dogleg on the first hole . |
| 43 | By far the most interesting room in the complex is the Great Hall on the first floor , where degrees are conferred . |
| 44 | Major Covill particularly referred to the re-decoration of the Phair Hall on the first floor of the centre . |
| 45 | So if you play small smoothly declarer , ( who is only missing queen , ten , five in the suit ) is almost certain to play a top honour on the first round , after which the contract will be doomed to failure as you will make a trump trick by force . |
| 46 | Held , granting the petition , that where the hearing of an action was divided into two parts and there was an appeal to the Court of Appeal of New Zealand after the determination on the first part , justice required that an appeal therefrom to the Privy Council should lie if such an appeal would have lain had all the issues been determined prior to the appeal to the Court of Appeal ; that , accordingly , the judgment of the Court of Appeal deciding the compromise and cancellation issues in the respondents ' favour and dismissing the petitioner 's action was a final judgment for the purposes of rule 2 ( a ) of the New Zealand ( Appeals to the Privy Council ) Order 1910 entitling the petitioner to appeal as of right to the Privy Council ; and that , therefore , the Court of Appeal had erred in refusing to grant the petitioner leave to appeal and the Board in the exercise of its discretion would grant the petitioner special leave to appeal ( post , pp. 6G , 8B , D , F ) . |
| 47 | Bachelors have their staircase at the front of the house off the entrance hall ; young ladies theirs from the mistress 's boudoir on the first floor to their bedrooms above it . |
| 48 | The rats , in a panic on the first night , hit the barricade and swarmed everywhere , including some spots where they were definitely not welcome . |
| 49 | Duke of Gloucester 's run on the first mid-week North Wales Coast Express was hit by a number of problems none of which were as a result of problems with the locomotive . |
| 50 | Cardiff led the way into the corridor on the first floor . |
| 51 | Madeleine was seated at the little writing-desk in the back corridor on the first floor . |
| 52 | This room is off a narrow corridor on the first floor . |
| 53 | He gambolled over the four fences on the run towards the turn for home on the first circuit , and made towards the stands with a commanding lead . |
| 54 | The argument before the judge on the first question , whether a local authority can sue for libel in respect of its governing or administrative reputation when no actual financial loss is alleged , proceeded under two main heads . |
| 55 | However , an indefinite postponement was ordered by the judge on the first morning of the proceedings because of the danger posed by a violent protest against the trial which was taking place outside the courthouse . |
| 56 | The body of Kevin McEvoy was discovered at 7.15am yesterday by a 14-year-old girl on the first day of her new job as a papergirl . |
| 57 | You located the child on the first floor |
| 58 | The fire escape on the first floor of Kilbreck House had been removed during building work on an extension . |
| 59 | And it was an honour in both senses , for , like his counterpart on the first tee at the Dunluce course — qualifiers play both championship . |
| 60 | Then an individualised reintroduction programme was designed for each patient , usually starting with rice or potato and lamb or chicken on the first week . |