Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each life decision is to some extent irrevocable , since even if one goes back to the fork in the road and takes the other turning , he can not eradicate the effects of the experience the first choice has brought him . |
| 2 | Graham Taylor selected Clough as it became clear that Nottingham Forest have finally signed a transfer form which makes the striker the first summer addition to Souness 's squad . |
| 3 | Dougal was so cold that he dropped the key the first time he put it in the lock . |
| 4 | She wore her hair squeezed up into a ballooning Afro by the same red bandana that she had worn down on the dock the first time Trent had seen her . |
| 5 | Then Shelley felt a shiver of anticipation , as she remembered the effect the first sight of the handsome Miguelito had on her . |
| 6 | With the fall of the village the first phase of the battle ended , and an even grimmer one began . |
| 7 | Immediately after this big moment the earth is convulsed with horror we have Eve 's first speech , presumably after the fall the first speech in a state of sin , and this is it ‘ Oh sovereign virtuous , precious of all trees in Paradise , of operation blest to sapinense hitherto obscured in famed and thy fair fruit let hang as to not end created , but henceforth my early care not without song each morning and dew/due pray shall tend thee and the fertile burden ease of thy full branches offered free to all . |
| 8 | In kinship relations such as the avunculate the first order elements are the family relationship terms of father , uncle , mother , son , nephew . |
| 9 | French was a guest in the VIP box at Ellis Park for the South Africa v All Black Test and he know there were to be immediate problems for the Wallaby tour the moment the first chord of Die Stem was struck . |
| 10 | From then there would be seven hours of golf , from the moment the first pro drove off till the final putt dropped on the 18th green . |
| 11 | On the landing the first door on the left opened up a walk-in cupboard . |
| 12 | I actually had to curtail part of the business the first time . |
| 13 | The take-over the first time a South African bank has bought a British bank values Ansbacher at £57.8m . |
| 14 | And she was taken away then in when the war the first world war began |
| 15 | Earlier in the evening the first year food technology student , who had heart surgery in 1987 , had been at a disco in the Students Union . |
| 16 | You reply at once if you get the meaning the first time ( ‘ Did you get wet ? |
| 17 | As can be seen , the bond equivalent yield is always less than the simple equivalent yield because with the bond the first coupon payment can be reinvested , whereas this possibility is not available for a discount security , which therefore has to have a higher yield to compensate . |
| 18 | When she came round after the anaesthetic the first thing she says to the nurse is , Well , was I or was n't I ? |
| 19 | The Time Warner AxS arm of Time Warner Inc has bought a 50% stake in MetroComm Inc , builder and operator of a fibre optic competitive telephone access network in Columbus , Ohio on undisclosed terms ; the company will be known as MetroComm AxS and the alliance the first step in a Time Warner programme to enter the long-distance access business . |
| 20 | There was even the ruby the first earl gave his wife to celebrate the title bestowed by James Stuart in 1604 , but she would have liked a ring . |
| 21 | He had been in the boot the first time , and masked on the floor of the back seat the second . |
| 22 | I hate doing that , drives me up the wall the first bit cos I 've got all them houses in the first bit have n't I ? |
| 23 | Hatton got knocked on the head the first time but the second time he was n't hurt , only tied up . ’ |
| 24 | Now the important thing about this document is that you 'll receive it on the day the first day of your assignment . |
| 25 | The first signs of rust came on the day the first battalion of the tartan army arrived in Cordoba . |
| 26 | On the start of the game the first child from each team pops their balloon by jumping on it . |
| 27 | Down on the ground the first thing to be heard is a distant squeal , and a sharp-sighted man might just discern a black dot like a bird high in the sky . |
| 28 | He said he felt no pain , apart from injections which he has never been fond of , and when he came round from the operation the first thing he asked for was the Ipswich football scores and a drink . |
| 29 | I also told her that there was no guarantee that she would come up with the answer the first time she was regressed , as this would be a new experience for her and her ever-protective subconscious would not want her to be upset in any way . |
| 30 | To her dismay , as she pushed open the door of the treatment-room the first person she set eyes on was David Markham . |