Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] to the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a nod from Richie , Patrick left them to it and moved over to the first tee . |
| 2 | I bought myself some fruit and wandered over to the first tee where Brian Harley was about to drive off . |
| 3 | The drummer gave a few bangs on his big drum , the accordionist struck up a lively tune and the procession moved off to the first house . |
| 4 | So I think Jimmy traced back to the first |
| 5 | If you remember your , from , from your history at school the , the , the first world war the Americans in the historic role of arriving at wars rather late erm came in to the first world war to win it for us erm and after it President Wilson who used to be professor of politics at Princeton , just put that in , er President Wilson created , essentially cos we were all bankrupt at the time as usual er the Americans the only ones who had any money left at the end of the wars , erm President Wilson helped to create the League of Nations , the forerunner of the United Nations but the U S senate refused to ratify the agreement . |
| 6 | Almost 35 million Americans tuned in to the first , two-hour pilot , making it the most watched TV movie of the season . |
| 7 | Twenty-eight years ago Liverpool beat Arsenal 3-2 and 20,000 people tuned in to the first edition to hear Kenneth Wolstenholme describe the action . |
| 8 | The inclusion of Butler ( Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons ) was typical : omitted from the original membership he simply turned up to the first meeting , according to Hugh Thomas , ‘ and of course was allowed to stay … . ’ |
| 9 | He reminded her of the ancient tradition of Christianity in that part of Ireland , one that dated back to the first century after the crucifixion , before Rome was supreme . |
| 10 | A bare wood staircase led up to the first floor , which comprised a bathroom and two bedrooms . |
| 11 | As he walked on to the first tee he could n't get any proper words out at all , and so I was frightened to speak to him in case he thought I was teasing him . |
| 12 | The eminent Spaniard took 7 at the first hole of the Novo Sancti Petri course , of which he is the architect , and finished his first round ten shots behind Ireland 's Des Smyth who had not seen the course until he stepped on to the first tee . |
| 13 | The irony that Charlton finally got back to the First Division in 1986 , the year their exile from The Valley began , is n't lost on Ufton . |
| 14 | I do n't know if it was the Irish temper in me or the Mexican , but I leapt on to the first marine I could reach . |
| 15 | Creggan did not like this and flew back to the first tree . |
| 16 | Well , we really got on well together , and when the bell rang for the first round we went on to the first tee and an official is there to check out which clubs and what type of ball Butch is using . |
| 17 | Then I saw an advert for a new consciousness-raising group in Spare Rib , and went along to the first meeting . |
| 18 | He was a miner and he went off to the First World War and got killed . |
| 19 | Patrick took his tea and went up to the first floor , to the long landing window which looked over the village green . |
| 20 | He put the letter in his Out tray and moved on to another piece of paper , and then he stopped and went back to the first letter . |
| 21 | After I started with Veronica , Mrs D went back to the First Spiritualists . ’ |
| 22 | I filled the plastic detergent-bottle and primed the lighter , left it lying on the top of the bank most of the rabbit holes were in , then went back to the first of the blocked-up holes and lit the fuse with my disposable cigarette-lighter . |
| 23 | Her mind drifted back to the first day they 'd seen Crystal Springs . |
| 24 | He quickly ran over to the first hangar . |
| 25 | As we sat down to the first of many repetitive meals of salted fish and ground corn , I broached the question of finding a prahu which might carry us as far as Aru . |
| 26 | I hurried up to the first floor and on turning at the landing was met by a strange sight . |