Example sentences of "a [noun sg] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did sting me a bit the first time I used it but has n't since . |
| 2 | Will you let me go again on the basis I made a cock-up the first time round . |
| 3 | When a beginner joins a club the first thing he will become aware of is that great emphasis is placed upon training exercises and stretching , more so in taekwondo than in most other martial arts . |
| 4 | I would not expect an angler to hit , or even see , every bite he has on a swing-tip the first time he uses one . |
| 5 | No but the trouble is when I go on a diet the first place I |
| 6 | Did your report back ? we did n't have a meeting the first week , did we ? |
| 7 | Everyone forms some sort of impression of a person the first time that they meet . |
| 8 | ‘ You called me a dog the first time you saw me , ’ he said . |
| 9 | But in the Arctic , summer is just past its peak , with the pack ice as far north as it is likely to be , although in a month the first skin of new ice will tinkle and shimmer as it is broken up by the morning breeze . |
| 10 | After a while I thought that as Dateline had been such a success the first time why not have some fun and do it again ? |
| 11 | Against such a challenge the first step must be for the professional body , i.e. the Library Association , to exercise its authority on its professional membership . |
| 12 | By the time I returned from Australia , the KH965 had been launched by Brother , Manchester and within a fortnight the first dealer tuition was taking place . |
| 13 | I think the wages went up round about a half a crown the first year or five bob the second year in er er progressing like that . |
| 14 | It is worth stressing that Hume 's argument does not attempt to derive a sceptical conclusion from the fact that I might be wrong ( as in a way the first argument does ) nor from the fact that I have been wrong ( as the second argument does ) . |
| 15 | They walk onto court with untuned muscles and joints in cold weather and then wonder why they pull a muscle the first time that they stretch for the ball . |
| 16 | Not surprisingly , therefore , they work in flocks so that there are always some individuals with their heads up , able to call an alarm the first moment their safety seems uncertain . |