Example sentences of "the [noun sg] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later in the afternoon the first peals of thunder rolled across the sky . |
| 2 | Each life decision is to some extent irrevocable , since even if one goes back to the fork in the road and takes the other turning , he can not eradicate the effects of the experience the first choice has brought him . |
| 3 | Graham Taylor selected Clough as it became clear that Nottingham Forest have finally signed a transfer form which makes the striker the first summer addition to Souness 's squad . |
| 4 | Dougal was so cold that he dropped the key the first time he put it in the lock . |
| 5 | She wore her hair squeezed up into a ballooning Afro by the same red bandana that she had worn down on the dock the first time Trent had seen her . |
| 6 | Then Shelley felt a shiver of anticipation , as she remembered the effect the first sight of the handsome Miguelito had on her . |
| 7 | Hewlett-Packard Co has teamed up with IBM Corp 's Metaphor Computer Systems Inc for joint development and marketing of software to provide access from Metaphor 's Data Interpretation System decision support software to HP 9000 Series 800 Precision Architecture servers , making the machine the first non-IBM computer for the product . |
| 8 | With the fall of the village the first phase of the battle ended , and an even grimmer one began . |
| 9 | Immediately after this big moment the earth is convulsed with horror we have Eve 's first speech , presumably after the fall the first speech in a state of sin , and this is it ‘ Oh sovereign virtuous , precious of all trees in Paradise , of operation blest to sapinense hitherto obscured in famed and thy fair fruit let hang as to not end created , but henceforth my early care not without song each morning and dew/due pray shall tend thee and the fertile burden ease of thy full branches offered free to all . |
| 10 | In kinship relations such as the avunculate the first order elements are the family relationship terms of father , uncle , mother , son , nephew . |
| 11 | French was a guest in the VIP box at Ellis Park for the South Africa v All Black Test and he know there were to be immediate problems for the Wallaby tour the moment the first chord of Die Stem was struck . |
| 12 | From then there would be seven hours of golf , from the moment the first pro drove off till the final putt dropped on the 18th green . |
| 13 | On the landing the first door on the left opened up a walk-in cupboard . |
| 14 | I actually had to curtail part of the business the first time . |
| 15 | The take-over the first time a South African bank has bought a British bank values Ansbacher at £57.8m . |
| 16 | And she was taken away then in when the war the first world war began |
| 17 | Earlier in the evening the first year food technology student , who had heart surgery in 1987 , had been at a disco in the Students Union . |
| 18 | You reply at once if you get the meaning the first time ( ‘ Did you get wet ? |
| 19 | As can be seen , the bond equivalent yield is always less than the simple equivalent yield because with the bond the first coupon payment can be reinvested , whereas this possibility is not available for a discount security , which therefore has to have a higher yield to compensate . |
| 20 | When she came round after the anaesthetic the first thing she says to the nurse is , Well , was I or was n't I ? |
| 21 | The Time Warner AxS arm of Time Warner Inc has bought a 50% stake in MetroComm Inc , builder and operator of a fibre optic competitive telephone access network in Columbus , Ohio on undisclosed terms ; the company will be known as MetroComm AxS and the alliance the first step in a Time Warner programme to enter the long-distance access business . |
| 22 | There was even the ruby the first earl gave his wife to celebrate the title bestowed by James Stuart in 1604 , but she would have liked a ring . |
| 23 | He had been in the boot the first time , and masked on the floor of the back seat the second . |
| 24 | I hate doing that , drives me up the wall the first bit cos I 've got all them houses in the first bit have n't I ? |
| 25 | Hatton got knocked on the head the first time but the second time he was n't hurt , only tied up . ’ |
| 26 | Now the important thing about this document is that you 'll receive it on the day the first day of your assignment . |
| 27 | The first signs of rust came on the day the first battalion of the tartan army arrived in Cordoba . |
| 28 | On the start of the game the first child from each team pops their balloon by jumping on it . |
| 29 | Down on the ground the first thing to be heard is a distant squeal , and a sharp-sighted man might just discern a black dot like a bird high in the sky . |
| 30 | He said he felt no pain , apart from injections which he has never been fond of , and when he came round from the operation the first thing he asked for was the Ipswich football scores and a drink . |