Example sentences of "in the first [noun sg] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few people were already astir in the first village they passed through , and when they reached the piazza in Pontino higher up a huddled group stood within the light and warmth of the doorway of the Bar Italia waiting for the first bus down to Florence . |
| 2 | In the first case they had enough kinetic energy to make it ; in the second case they did not . |
| 3 | So in the first case they 've given him , the first place they 've given him six six six five allowances but then they pull back the total of those three . |
| 4 | In the first year they decided to dig a boating pond . |
| 5 | If it is always assumed that they are intellectually inferior , what else is there for them to do … every time teachers are constantly amazed by the fact that in the first year they have at the moment there are two or three really bright West Indian boys , and it 's of constant amazement to people like Mr G … ‘ my goodness he 's bright where does he get it from ’ . |
| 6 | In the first grade they put architects , Federal judges , legal partners , medical consultants , bishops and stockbrokers — ahead of such second-rung occupations as newspaper editor , engineer , general practitioner , college professor or county judge . |
| 7 | In the first semi-final they took Ontario completely unawares with a dashing try in the opening minutes by centre Greg McKinney which his partner Dennis Clarke converted for a 6–0 advantage . |
| 8 | Basically they 're just telling the Party to consider the demands of the peasants and do what the peasants want but then er then in the first paragraph they say that you ought to erm they ought to support the masses in their erm implementation of agrarian reform , you have to give them planned guidance so it 's almost that how they 're telling the cadres to go out there and almost manipulate the peasants demands into more of a communist one . |
| 9 | If reserves play in the first team they still charge first team prices . |
| 10 | But in order for means to be classified as means in the first place they have to be something that we can utilize . |
| 11 | In the first place they were presented with a riveting demonstration of what a genuinely free press is capable of . |
| 12 | If hopes are too high in the first place they have further to fall . |
| 13 | In the first place they may want to do no more than ensure that the Constitution is not altered casually or carelessly or by subterfuge or implication ; they may want to secure that this important document is not lightly tampered with , but solemnly , with due notice and deliberation , consciously amended . |
| 14 | In the first place they need high temperatures : the mean annual temperature should not fall below 18° C ( 65° F ) , and they grow best with temperatures between 25 and 29° C ( 77 and 84° F ) . |
| 15 | ‘ In the First War they had — just on the Hards here — they had lines of horses there . |
| 16 | In the first cell they took me to , which was single , there was blood everywhere . |