Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr are you going to pick up the first point and then Mr . |
| 2 | Without wishing to rule out the first option I should like to consider the second , to examine the possibilities of indirect leverage over investment decisions . |
| 3 | Such conditions are all too rare today ( works bought for public institutions like the Tate disappear from view for decades together ) , and it must have been a factor in the decision of some artists to give in the first place . |
| 4 | Being a firm believer in the ‘ start 'em young ’ policy but desperate for any player I can get to fill out the first team , I have completely overhauled the youth squad . |
| 5 | In this way many fans were able to miss out the first graduation step and serve a short probation at the back of the terrace . |
| 6 | Mrs Doris Ledger and Mrs Jenny Metcalfe , two members of the fund raising committee , officially signalled the start of building work by wielding a hammer to knock out the first brick in a wall on Ward 42 . |
| 7 | ‘ We wanted to record ‘ Polar Bear ’ ( mooted third single ) like it was on the LP — you know , more of a dancey sort of thing — it would have been too light to put out as single , and ‘ Then ’ was good to back up the first year of The Charlatans . |
| 8 | ‘ We wanted to record ‘ Polar Bear ’ ( mooted third single ) like it was on the LP — you know , more of a dancey sort of thing — it would have been too light to put out as single , and ‘ Then ’ was good to back up the first year of The Charlatans . |
| 9 | She trudged slowly behind Evelyn , who took the cloth and started to rub out the first word with painstaking precision . |
| 10 | Healey was able to pay back the first instalment of £2 billion to the IMF with some ease , and indeed the full IMF loan proved to be unnecessary , while income-tax allowances were raised and a bonus for Christmas could be afforded for old-age pensions . |
| 11 | He had no desire to take over the first place . |
| 12 | Sitting on the edge of the bed , Tug balanced the tray on his knees and began to cut up the first beefburger . |
| 13 | But there 's some stiff competition for ’ New Release ’ , each year Beaujolais Nouveau hits British shops in a flood of publicity with people racing to bring back the first bottle to Britain . |
| 14 | ITV is involved in a race with the BBC to bring out the first film drama of his life . |