Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 31 | When he moved in the house had five bedrooms , so he decided to convert one on the first floor into an en suite bathroom . |
| 32 | Don ? t expect to understand everything at a first reading . |
| 33 | It was lovely that you came , ’ and she took his hand and raised her mouth eagerly to his as he bent to kiss her for the first time . |
| 34 | In India in February , when Charles attempted to kiss her for the first time in public in four years , Diana defiantly turned away in a clear move to embarrass her husband . |
| 35 | The only sensible course was never to start it in the first place . |
| 36 | Yes , but I mean , you have to , you not to not know that you have to count it from the first one does n't matter . |
| 37 | ‘ In that case , ’ retorted Geoffrey , ‘ why did he agree to see him in the first place ? ’ |
| 38 | The trouble was that very few members of the audience at the Theatre Royal , Brighton , understood either what he was saying or why they had spent the money on going to see him in the first place . |
| 39 | Then her father and two brothers will be able to see her for the first time in seven months . |
| 40 | Then her father and two brothers will be able to see her for the first time in seven months . |
| 41 | His son , a bachelor of twenty-five , became King Henry V , and he experienced a couple of attempts to usurp him during the first year , but by August 1415 he was able to sail with an invasion fleet of 1500 vessels to France , where he withstood an attack launched on 25th . |
| 42 | Not so Jack , who appeared to have forgotten that it was his idea to invite them in the first place . |
| 43 | The strong-smelling ‘ stewed ’ strips of blanket were hot , and as I wrung out the excess water , I needed tongs to hold them for the first few minutes . |
| 44 | If he had told me that the first half was going to be crap , I would n't have bothered to watch it in the first place . |
| 45 | These witches are the ‘ middle class ’ of respectability , always concerned to distance themselves from the first group and ever keen to present the acceptable face of natural religion . |
| 46 | The fact that it was profoundly a work of synthesis was obviously much less important at first , and may even seem not very important now , as one settles down to enjoy it for the first or umpteenth time . |
| 47 | And it was and I who wanted to see it in the first place . |
| 48 | There were always hundreds of students asking their foreign teachers for this ‘ favour ’ to get them over the first hurdle of the going abroad process . |
| 49 | This is an extra allowance , worth £1,720 a year at current rates , specially given to widows to assist them over the first difficult period . |
| 50 | It might have been my colleague Ann — who knew my whereabouts — or even my editor , come to congratulate me on the first pages of Lover at the Gate which I had faxed through from the hotel 's secretariat — or even Sophie , come to apologize , though I hardly imagined she had been promoted from child to lady in the few weeks of my absence . |
| 51 | I realized I would need to convince them at the first opportunity that I was primarily a practical policeman and not an academic ; and I also noted that while the college was keen to list the academic qualifications of those on the course , the participants quickly justified Lewis 's assertions by playing them down to emphasize their history of praxis and practical mastery . |
| 52 | This is not to say , however , that in certain applications , the use of ‘ normal ’ in-rack sprinkler systems is not perfectly satisfactory where the arrangement of sprinklers can be such that a number of them can be brought in early against the fire , or where the nature of the goods stored is such that flames are unlikely to damage them within the first few moments of fire development . |
| 53 | It 's been over a year since Russell kept wicket for his country , and even the England selectors now agree it was a mistake to drop him in the first place . |
| 54 | Upon wiping away the icy incrustation from the face , the countenance was immediately recollected ; but , the frame appearing lifeless , assistance was procured to convey it to the first house upon the skirts of the village , when , a pulsation being observed , every possible means was instantly adopted to promote his recovery . |
| 55 | I went to the , I went to the gold shop when they were shut actually , w to get it in the first place |
| 56 | Flavia Sherman had elected to spend the day shopping on the Rue Catinat and was to join them for the first hunt next morning . |
| 57 | I have four sons and can not afford to take them to a first team game ( £10 each to get in ! ) |
| 58 | As she did so she seemed to notice me for the first time . |
| 59 | Your player used to test you on the first hole . |
| 60 | Unless you are guilty of gross misconduct , it will seldom be fair to dismiss you for a first breach of discipline . |