Example sentences of "on [art] [noun] [art] first " in BNC.

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1 The first signs of rust came on the day the first battalion of the tartan army arrived in Cordoba .
2 Now the important thing about this document is that you 'll receive it on the day the first day of your assignment .
3 Hatton got knocked on the head the first time but the second time he was n't hurt , only tied up . ’
4 The old craft trades were on the whole the first to organize trade societies , giving the labour movement in Scotland a particular character and ( some have argued ) a particular ideology in which the influence of thrift , temperance and respectability was very marked .
5 She wore her hair squeezed up into a ballooning Afro by the same red bandana that she had worn down on the dock the first time Trent had seen her .
6 Down on the ground the first thing to be heard is a distant squeal , and a sharp-sighted man might just discern a black dot like a bird high in the sky .
7 ‘ I set your name up on the account the first time we met .
8 On the landing the first door on the left opened up a walk-in cupboard .
9 I would not expect an angler to hit , or even see , every bite he has on a swing-tip the first time he uses one .
10 For example , in the following sentence : Since the last time we met when we had that huge dinner Ive been on a diet the first two tone-units present information which is relevant to what the speaker is saying , but which is not something new and unknown to the listener .
11 No but the trouble is when I go on a diet the first place I
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