Example sentences of "to the first [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | He only ever puts the gas on half-way to the first mark on the knob and in the winter keeps the central heating down to sixty degrees : " I sit with the blanket round me . " |
| 2 | By the time she reached the Campo San Maurizio , she felt so tired that she was almost afraid she would have to climb the cold stone stairs to the first floor on her hands and knees . |
| 3 | This view led to the first restrictions on private members ' capacity to interrupt or hold up business whenever they liked — or whenever they could get the House to listen to them , for there was always considerable self-discipline . |
| 4 | The cursor will then be moved to the first field on the page requiring input . |
| 5 | After a quick breakfast we set off to the first address on the list . |
| 6 | By clause 2 of this mortgage , the mortgagor guaranteed to pay to the first defendant on demand : |
| 7 | Follow the road for a third of a mile to the first stile on the left . |
| 8 | The Amstrad NC100 notepad — pictured below with Christopher Biggins , do n't ask us why — bears a distinct resemblance to the first item on your list . |
| 9 | Accordingly I directed my researches to the first steps on the ladder , the branch and workshop . |
| 10 | Answer guide : The answers need to show an understanding of the trial balance as being equivalent to the first balance on the worksheet and the extended trial balance as including the end of year adjustments . |
| 11 | It falls to the groom to reply to the first speech on behalf of himself and his bride . |
| 12 | The Lord Chief Justice , Lord Lane , referred to the first paper on the profession as ‘ one of the most sinister documents ever to emanate from Government ’ . |
| 13 | The hallway was dark , but Michael Collins made his way without hesitation to the first doorway on the right hand side and tapped once , then twice and once again in an obviously prearranged signal . |
| 14 | In the event , although both Charitable Trust and Council had given assent to the first advert on the policy agreed , they baulked at the second wave of recruiting , and sought to change the basis of our agreement . |