Example sentences of "in [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The florist was closed , and they 'd put the fresh stock away , so that when Boy looked in through the first window the flowers he saw were of silk ; all artificial , but so good that they were better and fresher than the real thing , and certainly more expensive . |
| 2 | Almost 2,000 knives and other blades have been handed in during the first fortnight of the month-long amnesty . |
| 3 | The police moved in during the first half and then at half-time as a mob of Englishmen taunted and threatened Spanish fans in Santander . |
| 4 | Deane was playing well out of position acting as a left wing , to such an extent that he got a few crosses in during the first half . |
| 5 | As there was only the one company it is reasonable to infer that everyone roped in for the first loan was in fact a Merchant Taylor . |
| 6 | ‘ Greed came in for the first time . |
| 7 | Brian Cox , who runs the operation , says : ‘ Anyone coming in for the first time is going to start by taking on what 's already there . |
| 8 | But you can get it in For the first time at any age . |
| 9 | Eventually , on Feb. 23 , a non-Congress ( I ) government was sworn in for the first time in 10 years . |
| 10 | ‘ I said if we did n't win this time we 'd abolish the b + + + + + + , ’ says Dixon , digging in for the first time since his Army days . |
| 11 | The research by Yorkshire TV paid off last Sunday when 18 million tuned in for the first episode of A Touch of Frost . |
| 12 | The oral phase occurs in about the first year of a child 's life . |
| 13 | Soon after the war ended it trebled its student members when the Ministry of Education issued grants to ex-servicemen in an attempt to prevent a recurrence of the disillusionment that had set in after the First World War . |
| 14 | The two feet would shrink with a cheating stick , and perhaps we could avoid some of the easier but time-consuming lower pitches by sneaking in along the first terrace from an easier route . |
| 15 | The period of time when acceptance becomes possible seems to link in with the first anniversary of events . |
| 16 | ‘ I wonder if these councillors realise that anglers are among the people who vote them in in the first place , and who they are supposed to serve ? , ’ he asked . |
| 17 | ‘ We should have turned Jack Stone in in the first place and let the Met boys worry about protecting the family . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ What I ca n't understand , ’ the Archdeacon went on , ‘ is why Dersingham put Marr in in the first place . ’ |
| 19 | Now Mill realizes that the objection to this is the last problem coercion , that if people 's votes are known , then some people might be able to put pressure on others to vote one way rather than another and as I said why the secret ballot was brought in in the first place . |
| 20 | No , it 's the ones who bring them in , who brought them in in the first place — ’ |
| 21 | To think about this , we now have to relax one of the restrictions that I built into the computer game : we shall end by seeing why I built that restriction in in the first place . |
| 22 | And why did you climb in in the first place ? ’ |
| 23 | So it 's automatically built in to the first life assured , but it is an option for the second if they want it . |
| 24 | If you remember your , from , from your history at school the , the , the first world war the Americans in the historic role of arriving at wars rather late erm came in to the first world war to win it for us erm and after it President Wilson who used to be professor of politics at Princeton , just put that in , er President Wilson created , essentially cos we were all bankrupt at the time as usual er the Americans the only ones who had any money left at the end of the wars , erm President Wilson helped to create the League of Nations , the forerunner of the United Nations but the U S senate refused to ratify the agreement . |
| 25 | Twenty-eight years ago Liverpool beat Arsenal 3-2 and 20,000 people tuned in to the first edition to hear Kenneth Wolstenholme describe the action . |
| 26 | Way back in 1957 I had talked my boss into allowing me to learn to fly helicopters with the British European Airways Helicopter Unit at Gatwick and in 1960 I sat in on the first ground school course BOAC conducted for their senior captains converting to the first Boeing 707s . |
| 27 | I walked in at the first door I saw . |
| 28 | ‘ In at the first putt ’ , the caption read . |
| 29 | She hoped Daak could get the shuttle in at the first attempt . |