Example sentences of "[adv prt] on [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a lot of noise ; people were getting bets down on the first pair . |
| 2 | But it 's basically down on the down on the first floor , we 've set aside a a room which erm the people from the Occupational Health Centre here in Harlow , come up and do vision screening for us on a regular basis they come when do they come ? |
| 3 | The balance in Japan is also healthily positive , at 54% , only slightly down on the first quarter of the year . |
| 4 | This was obviously the pigeons ' favourite delicacy : at the sight of the tin can , the pigeons leapt in the air and fluttered above us waiting to dive down on the first grains ; others landed flirtatiously on Fardine 's arms and shoulders . |
| 5 | Way back in 1957 I had talked my boss into allowing me to learn to fly helicopters with the British European Airways Helicopter Unit at Gatwick and in 1960 I sat in on the first ground school course BOAC conducted for their senior captains converting to the first Boeing 707s . |
| 6 | And this is a ph , like a photocopy , so what you 'll have is a nice printed version with Abbey Life blue , purely for you to get a feel of if you like , , and in this , we 're very quickly going to go through on the first sheet it will have activity and production and it will have your data there . |
| 7 | Andy Payton was denied with a good Bobby Mimms save as he burst through on the first occasion . |
| 8 | It was of the gate to Marie Claire 's villa : a clear bold drawing of the tall wrought-iron gate I had watched the girl go through on the first night I saw her . |
| 9 | He was unseated by a young health promotions officer , Des Lowry , for the SDLP who gained first preference votes of 753 , just seven short of the quota , with sitting SDLP councillor Barry Doherty going through on the first count . |
| 10 | Driving off on the first day was Sandy Lyle … as a winner of the British Open and American Masters he 's got to be one of the best judges of courses around |
| 11 | As the sun sinks , the young bats stream from the cave-mouth like smoke and set off on the first stage of their long journey south . |
| 12 | Since they turned up on the first day of term wearing headscarves , their teachers , supported by the headmaster , have refused to teach them unless the girls remove the offending headgear . |
| 13 | I could double up on the first hit and get better odds . ’ |
| 14 | Up on the first floor , in the Grill and Cheese , Ken would hold court for his various theatrical acquaintances — although few of them were really close friends . |
| 15 | Two more previews to go , and then , at seven o'clock on the Thursday ( early so that the critics could get their copy in ) , the curtain would go up on the first night proper of The Hooded Owl . |
| 16 | DAVID BRABHAM took his Ralt Spiess VW to victory in the penultimate round of the British Formula Three championship at Silverstone yesterday in a race shortened by four laps after a four-car pile up on the first lap . |
| 17 | ‘ Coming up on the first platform , Admiral . |
| 18 | For those who came in late , the essay titles are up on the first year notice board . |
| 19 | Mansell 's Newman-Haas team-mate Mario Andretti lines up on the first row after finishing second fastest qualifier with 223.414 mph . |
| 20 | She picked up on the first ring , almost as though she had been expecting him to call . |
| 21 | In fact the Ravenscraig , present Ravenscraig was built up on the first place from a steelworks known then as Corral Steelworks . |
| 22 | In turn I told her a little about my own background , as though we were out on a first date . |
| 23 | But he lost out on the First Division title because he was reluctant to strengthen the team . |
| 24 | Only 25 of the forty aircraft entered were ready to start , and then several dropped out on the first leg due to mechanical problems . |
| 25 | Hank was so used to being deserted by his mother that he did not think it odd that she should go out on the first evening in ten weeks that his father had been able to spend at home . |
| 26 | can we accept the recommendation as laid out on the first page of the |
| 27 | I would buy the parchment and arrange its transport down to the wharves and we concluded that , if we sold the wine brought back on the first voyage , we would make a profit . |
| 28 | They 're coming back on the first Wednesday of next month with a bus load of about forty Women 's Institute members — ’ She broke off as she realised he was staring at her in horror . |
| 29 | they booked a six week holiday coming back on the first week on boxing day they 've got free car hire for the whole six weeks , not the insurance . |