Example sentences of "and the first [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Seeking a name , John Fawcus opened a book and the first word that caught his eye was ‘ cryptic ’ So , as established institutions are apt to spring from casual beginnings , was born the club that has prospered peripatetically ever since .
2 he , he , he , he said hard , right , so he can fucking , he said I 'll , I 'll take these and the first man that comes up fucking bashes it and then James er John James gets them all and when he wakes up , just as he 's about to wake up John James thinks right and he fucking lays down on the ground and he wakes up and sees all these clowns all over the place
3 It contains a methylation-free island , spanning the 5' flanking sequences and the first exon and a number of neuronal-specific DNase I hypersensitive sites have been identified in the upstream region as well as within the body of the gene .
4 It is quite simple to add a piece of decoration to a stocking stitch garment and the first question that arises is , how much ?
5 It was past their supper time already , and the first question that arose was whether Jennifer should sit at table with them .
6 Gas and oil pipelines were already being laid and the first oil and gas field at Eckofisk was more or less ready to come on stream at that time .
7 A written reply last week confirmed that the average waiting time between the making of an application and the first visit or inspection is about nine weeks .
8 It was the furthest north I had ever travelled and the first thing that struck me was the strangeness of the dialect .
9 He added : ‘ There are a lot of kids living under adverse conditions and the first thing that goes is their confidence .
10 It 's so , I mean , wake up Christmas morning and they put a tray out , the first thing they do on , the last thing at night , Christmas Eve they put a big tray out and on the tray they got it 's a called and they 're like chocolate biscuits , they 're like biscuits , right , and that gets with every member of the house , say there 's ten in that house , that that gets lined round the outside of the tray , right , and then inside of that 'll be now a circle of the wine , and then they have like whatever drink they got in the middle and the first thing that happens Christmas Eve morning is they get up and that gets poured and the tray goes round , if you sit down
11 It was one of the most marvellous events of my life and the first time that any of my work had ever been put on public show .
12 It knew the nights when I was more drunk than others and the first time that I turned my back . ’
13 This purchase of a ‘ shell ’ company was the first time that the manoeuvre had been executed and the first time that a bookmaking company had been floated on the Stock Exchange .
14 The audience influences the style by indicating the seriousness , formality , or otherwise that the publication should adopt and the first area that this affects is the way the text is laid out on the page .
15 but mind you we had much worse a problem that day because we had two sets of sniffer dogs who did n't like something and the first lot that were in and did n't like something that we 'd
16 The accommodation included a dining room drawing room and flats and the first agent or manager was George Andrew .
17 Rolling stock deliveries have now commenced and the first diesel and electric locos are already on site , along with a number of heavy goods vehicle shuttles .
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