Example sentences of "[vb base] the first [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When cooking with the children we want to finish with something eatable , so we are likely to add the liquid carefully ourselves , but we could let children experiment with the play-dough and if they make the first lot too soggy , more flour and salt can be added without much trouble until they make a ‘ workable ’ dough , and there can be plenty of conversation about too much , too little , a little more , a lot more and enough . |
| 2 | ‘ Just catch the first flight home . |
| 3 | A week ago her plan had been to give Travis the slip and catch the first flight out . |
| 4 | Perhaps , in spite of the fact that she did need the money , what she ought to do was just catch the first plane back home . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's hard to believe we cut the first sod here only 15 months ago , ’ smiles John , who naturally did n't go into a project like this blind-folded . |
| 6 | Run the first effort moderately to ease into hill running . |
| 7 | Read the first paragraph again , but do n't copy it into your last paragraph . |
| 8 | Spatz nodded , still uncertain , then set the first file aside , opening the second . |
| 9 | I reckon the first thing really is , is get your salary . |
| 10 | His magnificent second innings 133 , plus a top score the first time around , has served to magnify the glaring deficiencies in the batting line-up . |
| 11 | Mm , very good , yeah , I was spellbound when I first saw that , saw that about , I think the first time about three years ago |
| 12 | Right , jus just do the first bit again . |
| 13 | I watched them decide on the wrong place and paint the first mark carefully round a sapling 's trunk . |
| 14 | Take the first sentence only of the implicit example , |
| 15 | Take the first turn left onto Sweden Bridge Lane and branch off this road onto Belle Vue Lane which leads eventually to Nook End Farm ( 0.5 miles ) . |
| 16 | Take the first turning left for Bouzy and look at the formation of vines on your right as you approach the village . |
| 17 | And I said , if you take the first dose tonight . |
| 18 | Should she sell him the house and take the first flight back to England ? she wondered . |
| 19 | But before I take the first step out of here , I think I 'll feel pretty good about the knowledge and inquisitive spirit I 've been able to share and the doors I 've helped open . |
| 20 | And take the first train out of Kent . |
| 21 | They frequently equate the first phoneme only with the graphic display , and then apply configuration and context cues , or merely wild guessing , to the rest of the word . |
| 22 | I use two fingers after a while , then I 'm hard again ; I pull the first condom off and put on another one , then I spit onto my rubber-sheathed prick and , guiding it with my fingers , ease it slowly into her rectum . |
| 23 | When you feel you have the first mode together , move on to the second and so on . |