Example sentences of "[to-vb] them [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd like to see them in the first division . |
| 2 | If schemas are widely held , it should usually be obvious to the manager what they are — especially , of course , if he or she aimed to establish them in the first place . |
| 3 | These jobs are usually seen as benefits , certainly by the workers who flock to take them up , and by the governments that have established incentive programmes to attract them in the first place . |
| 4 | The fact that you were weak enough to choose them in the first place is another thing altogether , ’ she finished triumphantly . |
| 5 | the best way to solve pollution problems is not to create them in the first place . |
| 6 | ‘ The best way to solve pollution problems is not to create them in the first place . |
| 7 | Thus while it is important to always play you 're best side AND in our case this must involve finishing high enough up the table to get a place in europe , we must keep players like Rocky and continue to play them in the first team . |
| 8 | She remembered how , side by side , they had hacked and burned the underbrush , borrowed a plough and pulled it themselves , working feverishly to get a little harvest to last them through the first arctic-cold winter . |
| 9 | You have to count them from the first , this is one , one , two , three , four |
| 10 | But it could provide the electricity in the factories to build them in the first place . |
| 11 | Not so Jack , who appeared to have forgotten that it was his idea to invite them in the first place . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Flavia Sherman had elected to spend the day shopping on the Rue Catinat and was to join them for the first hunt next morning . |