Example sentences of "and [vb base] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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1 | Turn left from the entrance and wait on the first corner . |
2 | The wise veterans nod their heads and wait for the first whistle . |
3 | Greenough and colleagues showed that preterm babies who did not require respiratory support had a high prevalence of wheeze and cough in the first year of life . |
4 | So can we just ignore that for the moment and focus on the first sheet deliberately |
5 | The home season will have a top-level start with the South Pacific contest ( involving Auckland , Wellington , Canterbury , Fiji , New South Wales and Queensland ) and the CANZ contest ( Otago , Canada , North Harbour , North Auckland , Waikato ) in March and April , and finish with the first semi-finals and final of the National Championship . |
6 | Ever demonstrative , Markus Stenz clearly aimed at the dramatic in Beethoven 's Symphony No4 and digging deep , uncovered hidden orchestral reserves bringing a satisfying degree of tension and thrill to the first movement . |
7 | IT was claps , crackles and pop at the first night of a new comedy venue in Darlington . |
8 | Even today there are those who have doubts about the great burst of prosperity and splendour in the first half of the fourth century manifest in the great villas . |
9 | Robert Kennedy , who played a notable role throughout the crisis , suggested that the President should ignore this second letter and reply to the first in the affirmative . |
10 | I fetch water — an easy job , just grab a kettle , head for the cliffs and fill from the first stream you fall in — and offer it to Tor . |
11 | In a simple case , where your seller 's solicitor is at a considerable distance , or where there is perhaps already an examined abstract or epitome of the greater part of the title , you may postpone this examination until immediately before completion , in which case strike this item out of your pre-completion agenda and rely on the first item of your completion agenda . |
12 | Only the terror of being caught by the creature — I could all too clearly imagine myself being hurled from the roof — drove me to climb over into space and feel for the first rung of the ladder . |
13 | ‘ Our brief has always been to get back to our home ground and stay in the First Division and I think we are capable of achieving both . ’ |
14 | Initially there are eight permutations — individual peace and love of collecting stamps makes lack an introverted Boy , whereas social peace and erotic love makes what the Hippies meant by Peace and Love in the first place . |
15 | But the development of a child 's body and mind in the first three years of life is absolutely vital — any stunting of growth in these years can not be made up for in later life . |
16 | She had a burning desire to pack her case and leave on the first mode of transport she could find — she would even settle for a donkey if there was one . |
17 | In the dark old days rugby tours never went further than the west country or Wales … but times are changing fast as the sport gets more professional … you have to think big time now to win matches and survive in the first division … that 's why Gloucester 's new full-time director Barrie Corless and coach Keith Richardson took the players off to Italy for a two match tour |
18 | Maximilian said , and Edward looked at him with interest and regard for the first time . |
19 | Inspect plants regularly and spray at the first signs of attack . |
20 | The rites begin at the equinox and culminate on the first day of the New Year with festivals identified with bowls of plenty ; the festivals are associated with flowers such as roses , fruits such as oranges , fair crops such as cotton , and even sun-worship and appeasement of great reptiles such as alligators . |
21 | Gleizes and Le Fauconnier became friendly in 1909 after a meeting at the home of a young socialist writer named Alexandre Mercereau , where Gleizes also met Metzinger and Delaunay for the first time in the following year , although these meetings did not lead to immediate friendship , and Gleizes knew little about their work . |