Example sentences of "we [vb past] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Dr Reading told BBC WILDLIFE : ‘ We met at the first World Congress of Herpetology at Canterbury in 1989 , and subsequently arranged to co-ordinate the two projects . ’ |
| 2 | We met for the first time just two days before departure and accepted a murderous schedule of four games in 10 days , before opening against the New Zealand provincial champions just two days after a 25 hour journey to Dunedin . |
| 3 | Tamed native birds flocked on the poolside boardwalk of their rented hideaway , ‘ Hawksnest ’ , as we met for the first time , and Robin encircled his shyness with a stream-of-consciousness banter , made easier by the antics of a visiting cocker spaniel , which bit the head off a parrot . |
| 4 | The information that the Departments have presented to us on which to er respond to the consultation has n't even been very and indeed when we requested after the first round of consultation to know the existing number of lines on which they placed er their , their recommendations . |
| 5 | Anyway , we got to the first tee and one of these immaculate guys got his driver out and hit the ball about 15 yards — and took a divot out you could put a pot plant into . |
| 6 | Before we got to the first tee I could see that Jack was already on edge — or more on edge , rather , because a hangover had already eaten into his small reserves of patience and equanimity . |
| 7 | First we need to start with the ‘ givens ’ of the situation — the objective features of the predicament which we reviewed in the first part of the last chapter . |
| 8 | Thus the question , to sharpen up the one we posed in the first chapter , is not : ‘ How can I stop myself getting ‘ like that ’ ? ’ , as if ‘ like that ’ were a chronic condition into which one slowly but permanently sank . |
| 9 | As we mentioned in the first chapter of this book , egalitarian marriage is now widely promoted as an ideal , but recent research indicates that there is a wide gulf between what is said to be happening in terms of sharing in marriage and what actually happens . |
| 10 | This is a combination of the list we used for the first plan and the list used for the draft of the second plan . |
| 11 | We found in the first covert and then twice more , I ca n't remember so many good runs in a day before , not all at once . ’ |
| 12 | We stopped at the first bar we came to and walked inside , to where Johnson and Fleming , two English legionnaires , were drinking . |
| 13 | In P3/T1 we pivoted in the first column because |
| 14 | We sailed aboard the first yacht built |
| 15 | We sailed at the first light of day . |
| 16 | No I do n't think so , everybody 's disappointed , especially after the way we played in the first half , but erm on our second half performance , I suppose we can just count ourselves lucky we come away with a point . |
| 17 | It has , not surprisingly , been at the forefront of critical enterprises which have considered literature 's different relations with history that we explored in the first chapter . |
| 18 | A major emphasis was placed on Intercession and listening to God This was invaluable as we prepared for the first section of outreach in Budapest , Hungary . |
| 19 | ‘ I would love to see how Leeds would handle the situation if we scored in the first minute , as they did at Ibrox . ’ |
| 20 | It was a pleasant walk along well-trodden paths through Birbeck Woods beyond which we came upon the first set of workings in Gunnerside Gill : the remains of dressing floors belonging to the Old Gang Mining Company . |
| 21 | ‘ We opened for the first time and we 're doing extremely well , ’ said assistant manager Greg Hughes . |
| 22 | There are a couple of false summits on Schiehallion , and by the time we arrived at the first , the beginnings of a blizzard were forming . |
| 23 | I admit I was sending up a silent prayer as we trotted towards the first fence , but I need n't have worried . |
| 24 | As we stated in the first chapter of this book , the developmental task of marriage is to convert the unconscious choice of partner into a conscious commitment . |
| 25 | There were five barges moored abreast here , and we climbed over the first four , greeting the startled crews as we went . |
| 26 | Yes , Chair , it 's er , remember at the , the last meeting we touched on the first part of the report , the worry about the issue of closing shops , and rural post offices and garages , and there 's considerable interest from all members er , as to what could be done . |
| 27 | Isaiah 's vision , which we heard in the first lesson , is of future deliverance . |
| 28 | Talking of Lester Piggott he of course was the winner of the first ever Channel Four personality of the year trophy which we awarded for the first time last year . |
| 29 | ‘ The night we kissed for the first time . |
| 30 | The cliffs near our cottage , we discovered on the first day of that holiday , were wild and forbidding : of ancient , dark volcanic rock . |