Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] the first of " in BNC.

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1 They were made to stand and wait in the first of these .
2 We will know by the first of April this year rather more than we know at the moment but you 're right it can go up and down , but there are lots of budgets in Social Services which are subject to this and it 's part of our job to try and manage that during the course of the year .
3 Reynolds went back and found an electric flashlight by the boiler , and with this he began to stab and search through the first of the three rooms .
4 If the rent is payable monthly it is usually best that the tenancy should begin on the first of the month .
5 A race that nearly did n't happen as the first of August 's glorious ‘ weather ’ settled in .
6 The nine other sites are ’ — we 'll just put because they 're not in , writing this thing — ’ and they will open from the first of May nineteen ninety-one between nine and six p.m. each day of the week .
7 Oh it 's no been too bad at all I would say since the first of the new year it seems to be improved remarkably .
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