Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [prep] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Never mind further in , how about the first couple of feet ? ’ |
| 2 | Note how in the first chord the bass is consonant with all the upper parts , while in the others it is dissonant with one or more upper parts . |
| 3 | Little more was heard of drift-netting in the South Pacific until 1988 , when for the first time , Taiwanese and Japanese vessels moved into the South Pacific and Tasman Sea in large numbers . |
| 4 | Coming after five years of war , when for the first time there did seem to be a tiny light at the end of the tunnel , these new rockets were almost too much for our overstretched nerves , although the situation would no doubt have been very much worse if it had not been for the times when both the RAF and the American Air Force had been out bombing Peenemunde and the other rocket sites . |
| 5 | The beginning of civilisation was almost certainly a mental development which came long before it affected man 's physical abilities , and it could well have been the moment when for the first time , a primitive creature found that he could override and control the instinctive urge to act , which up to that time would have been the only source of motivation . |
| 6 | Particularly satisfying has been the successful assault on the German market where for the first time the company has secured orders for filament-wound rollers . |
| 7 | that 's why , that 's why during the first World War , Germany made a categor categoric statement that Russia should start disarming , she was mobilising |
| 8 | Windisch gets its name from Vindonissa , where in the first century AD , the Romans built a military camp to protect the strategically vital crossing of the Rhine . |
| 9 | A and before we go into what happened once got in the flat , just tell us now who was to go where in the first instance . |
| 10 | You and Daryl where in the first form room before afternoon school and I 'm sure we 'll all remember you saying you 'd like to put a spider down Mary Lou 's neck . |