Example sentences of "[noun prp] on [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a final straw , on going to change Perdita discovered she 'd got the curse , which was invariably as bloody as Culloden on the first day . |
| 2 | I 'll erm , I 'll venture and , and my parents said yes , that would be alright and so er so I came along and erm of course , it happened that he was in the he was in the forge talking to Hector on the first evening I came and that was how we met . |
| 3 | To sit in a plush cinema with Anna , Mama and Konstantin on the first night , watching the titles unroll ! |
| 4 | Oh well just south of Caernarvon on the first section erm between Caernarvon and ? |
| 5 | Jean Baptiste Tribout on the first ascent of Just Do It ( 5.14c ) , Smith Rock . |
| 6 | Swinton left for Chicago , where he held talks with Adolf Berle on the first day of the conference . |
| 7 | It is the Spirit who leads the Antioch church to send out Saul and Barnabas on the first missionary journey ( 13:2,4 ) which enabled them to return and report that , ‘ The Lord has opened the door of faith to the Gentiles ’ ( 14:27 ) . |
| 8 | They lost 3–0 to Coventry on the first day of the season . |
| 9 | He set off on 15 November on the first leg of a two month expedition thumbing his way across France , Algeria and Niger . |
| 10 | Jimmy Cook 's Test debut started disastrously , falling to Kapil Dev on the first ball of the match , and Jonty Rhodes ( 41 ) provided the only real support for Wessels . |
| 11 | When I went to Asdas on the first day when he was telling me about erm sales , loads of people erm |
| 12 | And while we 're on the subject of outrage , those sexy boys from FABULOUS had a curious welcoming committee in Bournemouth on the first night of their current tour . |
| 13 | News At Ten was the first news programme to get in the ratings Top Ten , the first to employ two newsreaders ( Alistair Burnett and Andrew Gardner on the first edition ) , and the first to make use of foreign reports and the catchphrase ‘ Brent Sadler , News At Ten , Dagenham ’ . |
| 14 | Colin Binks and Chris Craggs on the first ascent of Prominent Tory Reverse , E2 5c , 5c at Black Rocks ( photo his Chris Craggs ) . |
| 15 | His re-creation — like the creating of Adam on the first day — had taken a little time . |
| 16 | There 's a littleness about it all : again it must not be seen as mere chance that we encounter Swift 's Lilliput on the first page of the novel . |
| 17 | The teams will leave Liverpool on the first leg on Sunday , November 15 , but the actual challenge begins on Wednesday , November 18 . |
| 18 | The 10–10 draw against Hong Kong on the first day of the tournament upset their plans and despite their brave performance against eventual winners Namibia — at one point Zimbabwe were leading 10–0 — they went back home empty-handed . |
| 19 | In the present case , if the Court of Appeal had upheld the decision of Robertson J. on the first part , it would have been unfair to deny the respondents a right of appeal to the Privy Council on the compromise issue or the cancellation issue while accepting the petitioner could appeal to the Privy Council as of right if the petitioner failed on the misconduct issue . |
| 20 | John H. Parkinson on the first astrochimp |
| 21 | ‘ You 're absolutely right , ’ said Ellen to Bernard on the first night of their wedded life . |
| 22 | Steve Haston and Andy Newton on the first ascent of The Prisoner ( E1/2 ) , Thunderbird Zawn , Gogarth ( photo Andy Newton ) . |
| 23 | McAdam left for Gibraltar in a Sunderland on the first leg of the long journey home . |
| 24 | They knew of course that she was ‘ clever ’ because they had heard her being questioned by Miss Honey on the first day of term . |
| 25 | He was just 76 votes short of the quota in the Oldpark Ward on the first count , but won his place a short time later . |
| 26 | Sinatra stormed off of the set of Carousel on the first day of shooting because it was to be shot in both the new CinemaScope 55 format and the standard ‘ flat ’ ratio , meaning everything had to be shot twice . |
| 27 | Our American Allies were all out to see this job through and were full of stories of the RAF on the first trip which was so successful and were even more sure that the second run would be better . |
| 28 | Right : Boardman , Tasker and Dick Renshaw on the first pinnacle ( photos Chris Bonington ) . |
| 29 | Sailing to form , at last , was Gyngell who held onto 3rd place despite a challenge from Fenwick who came up from right behind Goodchild on the first lap . |
| 30 | Chris Forrest on the first winter ascent of Mariella , Coire an t-Sneachda : one of this season 's new routes ( photo Graeme Ettle ) . |