Example sentences of "one [adj] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The children turned to face one another for the first time since the pastor had started to tell the story of the massacre . |
| 2 | The ceremonial ( wedding ) through which the husband and the wife are put into legally enforceable contractual relations with one another in the first place . |
| 3 | During his four years in office the Association 'S branches numbered more than one hundred for the first time , and he was constantly visiting them and planning new ones . |
| 4 | Motorway bollards were due to be removed at one thirty for the first customers to stream in . |
| 5 | The lease was to run for 21 years yielding a Royalty of one ninth in the first three years ; an eighth during the next three , and a seventh part or dish for the remainder of the term . |
| 6 | Cut it into twelve so they get one twelfth from the first one . |