Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] on the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ann , would you be able to have Sally for me on the first of May ? |
| 2 | ‘ Good , ’ said the corporal , ‘ because we 're always gentle with you on the first day . ’ |
| 3 | The ascent in 1865 was just a week before Whymper climbed the Matterhorn , Moore was partnered by Horace Walker , who , the same year , was with him on the first ascent of the Brenva Ridge on Mt Blanc , and by guide Jakob Anderegg . |
| 4 | It was a risk , for she might well have run headlong into him on the first floor landing , but she had luck , and was round the next turn of the stairs when she checked and froze against the wall , hearing his rapid steps on the oak treads below her . |
| 5 | Of the twenty original members it is likely that only two ( Sir Keith Joseph and Airey Neave ) voted for her on the first ballot for the leadershiP election in 1975 . |