Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You remember I said to you that the only thing any witnesses could agree on about the first bloke who killed himself was his staring eyes ? ’ |
| 2 | They come round at the interval and say , ‘ Was Ruby on for the first half ? ’ and I say , ‘ Yes . ’ |
| 3 | The specifications of November 1939 became a reality just 43 years ago , when a CW pump evacuated model with sealing wax joints was switched on for the first time at the end of February 1940 , and operated successfully . |
| 4 | As a climax , you could arrange for some of the room lights to be switched off one by one before the tree-lights are switched on for the first time ( test them first ! ) . |
| 5 | For instance , a LAN operating system like NetWare or an appropriate environment like Windows for Workgroups can be largely pre-installed at the factory , with the remaining configuration being done via a fill-in-the-blanks , sign-on display when the thing 's switched on for the first time . |
| 6 | I was operated on for the first time when I was two or three weeks old . |
| 7 | Andy Mutch has been trying his new kit on for the first time today . |
| 8 | There was one in this show when Charity Barnum 's understudy went on for the first time . |
| 9 | on for the first time yesterday |
| 10 | Negotiations over the final contract were still going on as the first DinDisc releases appeared . |
| 11 | The florist was closed , and they 'd put the fresh stock away , so that when Boy looked in through the first window the flowers he saw were of silk ; all artificial , but so good that they were better and fresher than the real thing , and certainly more expensive . |
| 12 | Almost 2,000 knives and other blades have been handed in during the first fortnight of the month-long amnesty . |
| 13 | The police moved in during the first half and then at half-time as a mob of Englishmen taunted and threatened Spanish fans in Santander . |
| 14 | Deane was playing well out of position acting as a left wing , to such an extent that he got a few crosses in during the first half . |
| 15 | Where notification is given at the first stage , but not in accordance with the procedures laid down for the first stage , you shall not be disentitled to SSP for that day for that reason only . |
| 16 | He had one fight in 1984 and was knocked down for the first time in his career . |
| 17 | The serious Christian , set down for the first time in a Christian community , is likely to bring with him a very definite idea of what Christian life together should be and try to realize it . |
| 18 | The curriculum laid down for the first time what pupils should learn in 10 subjects . |
| 19 | The woman clung to Julia 's hand and broke down for the first time , weeping and pouring out a torrent of Italian that Julia was incapable of translating for herself . |
| 20 | The leadership wants to see the proportion of union voting strength at party conferences reduced from the current 70 per cent — down for the first time this year from the traditional 90 per cent — to an eventual 50 per cent . |
| 21 | This piece of information caused Makins to slow down for the first time and look at me more carefully . |
| 22 | Trident sub goes down for the first time |
| 23 | Having driven thirty miles and for fifty minutes , he is forced to slow down for the first time . |
| 24 | As there was only the one company it is reasonable to infer that everyone roped in for the first loan was in fact a Merchant Taylor . |
| 25 | ‘ Greed came in for the first time . |
| 26 | Brian Cox , who runs the operation , says : ‘ Anyone coming in for the first time is going to start by taking on what 's already there . |
| 27 | But you can get it in For the first time at any age . |
| 28 | Eventually , on Feb. 23 , a non-Congress ( I ) government was sworn in for the first time in 10 years . |
| 29 | ‘ I said if we did n't win this time we 'd abolish the b + + + + + + , ’ says Dixon , digging in for the first time since his Army days . |
| 30 | The research by Yorkshire TV paid off last Sunday when 18 million tuned in for the first episode of A Touch of Frost . |