Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv prt] [prep] the first " in BNC.

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1 It was his pick-up and feed from a scrum which sent David Wright in for the first of his tries and then the No. 8 charged over from a similar situation to grab the lead on the stroke of half-time .
2 Neuron Data Inc , Palo Alto , California , will have a version of its Open Interface graphical user interface builder for Univel Inc 's UnixWare out in the first quarter of 1993 .
3 Mark Nicholson , who plays for Scottish Students next month against the English Students , ran from his own 22 to put Gareth Williams over for the first of the visitors ' seven tries .
4 It had very considerable influence in Germany up to the First World War , and also , in somewhat diluted form , in both Britain and America ( see chapter 6 ) .
5 Piper , fighting behind a stiff left jab and a MENSA rating of 153 , backed Benn up in the first two rounds , with hard short rights .
6 ‘ What I ca n't understand , ’ the Archdeacon went on , ‘ is why Dersingham put Marr in in the first place . ’
7 They come round at the interval and say , ‘ Was Ruby on for the first half ? ’ and I say , ‘ Yes . ’
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