Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | For somewhat different reasons in each case , there is not entailment between I chose the first rose on the list and I chose the first flower on the list , nor between Mary was disappointed to receive a rose and Mary was disappointed to receive a flower ( perhaps she was expecting an orchid ? ) . |
| 2 | A number of tentative poems took shape , and five of them form the first section of The Prodigal Son . |
| 3 | She never knew which one of them made the first move , but suddenly , unaccountably , she was in his arms , his hands pressing against her back to draw her closer still . |
| 4 | Erm well as many of you know the first one of the first things that you see , if you 're c approaching the town from from the A six one two , from er . |
| 5 | The chance of it getting the first two letters-ME-right is the chance of it getting the second letter- E-right ( 1 in 27 ) given that it has also got the first letter — M — right , therefore 1/27 x 1/27 , which equals 1/729 . |
| 6 | The chance of it getting the first word-METHINKS — right is 1/27 for each of the 8 letters , therefore ( 1/27 ) x ( 1/27 ) x ( 1/27 ) x ( 1/27 ) . , |
| 7 | ‘ Because it would be good for some of us to see the first moments of your great fame . ’ |
| 8 | By this time chartism had been dismantled ; with it went the first , and arguably last voice of mass working-class opposition to the state , and Britain entered into a relatively stable period of economic progress within a successfully reconstructed hegemony . |
| 9 | With it came the first episode of Merseyside 's very own soap Brookside . |
| 10 | If you put the two together erm you i it becomes understandable why they , they adopted these policies to the south , even though sort of from what happened the first time particularly in a retrospective way , the expectation would be you would , this would be the are where you would go for land reform straight away . |
| 11 | He takes the understandable view that it is for him to take the first steps in Russia , which he is doing to keep the scientists in Russia . |
| 12 | She wanted desperately to reach out to him , but she knew that she had to wait for him to make the first move . |
| 13 | Hotspur hung back from him , and let him gather himself , waited , indeed , for him to make the first assay , and put it by when it was made with the utmost care and forbearance . |
| 14 | It is up to them to make the first move . ’ |
| 15 | NOW THAT the Second World of formerly communist countries is falling over itself to join the First World , the name ‘ Third World ’ suits the rest of the planet less well than ever . |
| 16 | If he was at all interested it was up to him to make the first move . |
| 17 | She seemed able to find interest in any topic , a gift which led to her becoming the first regular columnist for the Manchester Guardian 's women 's page . |
| 18 | Briefly , the image of Lexandro 's own two indulged foolish siblings , Andria and Phoeba , flitted through his consciousness for what seemed the first time in years . |
| 19 | The tellers look first at who receives the first preference on each ballot paper and put into each candidate 's box every ballot paper on which he is number one . |