Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew the course because of playing it in my army days , and I knew where the worst of the rough was , but that did n't count for much after the first day . |
| 2 | ‘ Then what are you doing out here in the first place ? ’ |
| 3 | Thus , it could turn out that a difference is best accounted for not by the first social variable that you quantify ( for example , social class ) , but by a second or third one ( for example , sex of speaker ) . |
| 4 | The Pompeian house does , of course , only depict the Roman home of up to the first century A.D. and in later years , as can be seen at Ostia , the plan was developed . |
| 5 | Despite falling behind twice in the first half to Liverpool 's shadow squad , the Londoners still had the determination to snatch victory with a disputed penalty . |
| 6 | After wintering in London on they travelled in March 1572 up-country to Lancaster and from thence across the first part of the Morecambe Bay sands to their stop-over with the Prestons at Holker . |
| 7 | But it is the husband who is responsible for paying it and who must acquire the money from outside in the first place . |
| 8 | In this article Peter J. Clarke , Manager , International Trade Services , AIB , traces the history surrounding the Letter of Credit from just after the First World War , when it reigned supreme , to the present day . |
| 9 | It continued , in sometimes sporadic use , until shortly after the First World War , one of the last references coming in 1921 . |
| 10 | One of the most reputed single-site vineyards of this area is ‘ Le Leon ’ , named after Pope Leo the Magnificent , who drew supplies from here in the first half of the nineteenth century . |
| 11 | no it 's not page fifty six in here on the first page where it says bargain cars |
| 12 | ’ I did n't invite you in here in the first place ! ’ |
| 13 | From then until the first claims coming in , anything between five and ten years . |
| 14 | Surely Tom one of the main criteria should be placing seats in the studio theatre for something with a bit more comfortable that way perhaps the punter 's will come back more often it 's easier to make a punter come back than it is getting in there in the first place . . |
| 15 | Crawford was seen in Play for Today after the first two episodes in the final series of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em had already been shown . |
| 16 | I would n't expect us to straight into the First . |
| 17 | This is usually because they have not been adjusted correctly , something has loosened in use or they have not been put on correctly in the first place . |
| 18 | He only ever puts the gas on half-way to the first mark on the knob and in the winter keeps the central heating down to sixty degrees : " I sit with the blanket round me . " |
| 19 | Not because the Harlequin man had sullied Meh'Lindi in Jaq 's eyes , oh no , no question of such a despicable thought — but because Carnelian had used pleasure as a weapon , therefore Meh'Lindi must reject dalliance with any such delights ; even if she had felt the faintest inclination to dally in the first place , and that was a dubious proposition . |
| 20 | I can take it over there for the first service which is free anyway and I can take it back to Swansea for the others ca n't I ? |
| 21 | Meetings of the circle are held at 8.15pm , preceded by Mass at 7.30pm on the first Wednesday of the month , at Loreto Convent Grammar School , Dunham Road , Altrincham . |
| 22 | Meetings , held at 7.30pm on the first Monday of the month , now take place in a private room at the New Inn , Winsick , Nr . |
| 23 | It was anticipated , however , that at least during the first stage Gorbachev would make extensive use of emergency powers , granted to him in September , to introduce reforms by presidential decree . |
| 24 | Although , USL claims to have improved DCE 's quality , it says that OEMs will look at DCE/SVR4 as a build-or-buy decision , not as a functional value-add , at least with the first release . |
| 25 | There , she had been happy in Pakistan ; she had been happy in the Peckham house at least for the first year ; she had been happy working for Graham ; she 'd been enthusiastically interested at college and during the first two years after she had qualified ; she had been completely delighted when she had got the job she now had : a tenants ' association garden in a dreadful estate in Hackney , but where she , with a community group , had planned the garden from scratch and had made a small desert blossom like a rose . |
| 26 | Between 1713 and 1763 they paid little attention to the colonies in America , and at least for the first half of the period it was hard to see what else could have been done . |
| 27 | Only a few , largely of the younger members , consider that at least for the first few years after an election , the House as a whole should keep a wary eye on the government and seek to support or influence its policy irrespective of the line taken by the official Opposition . |
| 28 | The imaginary war , at least for the first 20 years after the war , reproduced the solutions of the second world war . |
| 29 | Consequently , they are best advised at least for the first two years of recovery to concentrate primarily on just the one relevant Anonymous Fellowship . |
| 30 | At least for the first year ( 1st April 1993–31st March 1994 ) , the vast majority of residential care places in voluntary and private sector residential and nursing homes , and registered supported accommodation , will be purchased on an individual place-by-place basis for each user . |