Example sentences of "[vb infin] the first [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Local Government Board had bought the waterworks three years earlier , and on August 4 1856 it commissioned town surveyor Mr G Mason to design and build the first spouter at the top of Tubwell Row . |
| 2 | The Prime Minister should answer the first part of that question , but not the second . |
| 3 | Readability will remain the first principle of Cobol , no matter what paradigm fashion dictates it must embrace . |
| 4 | Having a resistivity of some 10MΩ and a permittivity of 3 , it would remain the first choice of insulation for undersea cables until development of para gutta , composed of wax and deproteinised rubber . |
| 5 | Information sessions will cover the first year of the pilot and one college 's experience of offering the additional assessment . |
| 6 | Hodkinson will make the first inroads into his fortune by taking a holiday with his wife to Las Vegas to watch the Lennox Lewis-Tony Tucker WBC heavyweight championship fight on May 8 . |
| 7 | WELSHMAN Robbie Regan will make the first defence of his European flyweight crown against Hitchin 's Danny Porter at the National Ice Rink , Cardiff on January 19 . |
| 8 | CARDIFF 'S Steve Robinson will make the first defence of his WBO World featherweight title at the city 's national ice rink on July 10 against British title holder Shaun Murphy , of St Albans . |
| 9 | If they decide that you should , then you will be given a date for the start of the Service , and the Scheme 's driver will make the first visit to you , bringing a new supply of fresh sheets at a convenient time . |
| 10 | I think that the instructor should treat the first flight on a particular glider as if it was the first flight of the day , and on subsequent flights he should just check for full and free movement and that the surfaces are moving fully . |
| 11 | Where appropriate MAS will prepare the first draft of the heads on behalf of the purchaser . |
| 12 | do n't want the first wee of the mor |
| 13 | Everyone in the whole marine department just threw up their hands in horror and told me I was crazy , I did n't know the first thing about ships , the whole marine fleet would fall apart . |
| 14 | ‘ You do n't know the first thing about the business , woman . ’ |
| 15 | He had been told that he did n't know the first thing about it , that the young were all the same , destructive and careless , that Mrs Irving set a value on her privacy . |
| 16 | I 've been so hoping you would soon be ready to join Brownies , but how can I pass over to a Brownie Guider a girl who wo n't lend a hand without being given something first and who does n't know the first thing about being obedient ? ’ |
| 17 | And anyway , even if we ask them , I mean , even if they think we can do something about it , though Christ knows what , I do n't want a lot of knowalls who have n't got any kids and do n't know the first thing about them telling us what to do with ours — ’ |
| 18 | ‘ But I do n't know the first thing about being a dog , ’ young Anabelle pointed out . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't know the first thing about anything , really . ’ |
| 20 | I do n't know the first thing about brochs . |
| 21 | Some of the people who talk about commitment do n't know the first thing about it . |
| 22 | You simply do n't know the first thing about marriage , do you ? |
| 23 | ‘ Most of them do n't know the first thing about sailing . ’ |
| 24 | She did n't know the first thing about him , after all . |
| 25 | And as I had this urge to correct manuscripts as I went along , and could n't read his handwriting , and did n't know the first thing about Roman Britain , you can imagine he felt obliged to educate me . |
| 26 | What was she doing , anyway , going out with a man she did n't know the first thing about ? |
| 27 | ‘ You do n't know the first thing about my relationship with Florian ! ’ |
| 28 | ‘ He did n't know the first thing about you , did he ? ’ |
| 29 | Do n't you know the first thing about seduction ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You do n't know the first thing about the way I work . ’ |