Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adv] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I always , ’ he explains , ‘ had the feeling that I was taking the club back straight for the first two feet of the backswing but now I am taking it slightly inside . |
| 32 | was laid out late in the first century , but its continuation southwards was not constructed until the mid third century . |
| 33 | ‘ But that is not to say I am going to rush back there at the first opportunity . ’ |
| 34 | There were some boys out there for the first time and they were absolutely terrified . ’ |
| 35 | As the benefit money came in we sent a lot of it out to Suzie 's parents — we thought that if we found something we wanted to buy out there and did choose to emigrate , having the money out there in the first place would make it all that much easier . |
| 36 | ‘ If it were n't for you I 'd never have been out there in the first place . ’ |
| 37 | Three routes were out forward for the first section and two for the southern section . |
| 38 | I might even get to the office and be measured and out again before the first of the boys arrived . |
| 39 | The words and their phrasing left no doubt that the princess had been placed under considerable pressure to speak out publicly for the first time since her marriage to Prince Charles . |
| 40 | This pantomime went on happily until the first week of May , when Mrs Puri appeared one morning unannounced at our door , intent on doing a spot-check of her property . |