Example sentences of "go [prep] the first " in BNC.

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1 If the child does n't want to go for the first test or even the second test , it is their right . ’
2 Left : With psychological jammed knots in place , the author goes for the first ring on Renaissance ( E2/3 5c ) , Cross Hill , Adrspatch ( photo Graeme Ettle ) .
3 If in doubt , keep two provisional subjects going for the first half of the first term — and then drop the one that appeals to you the less .
4 The Ryehill Course near Bloxham in Oxfordshire is where we 're going for the first in a new series of the Friday Feature .
5 Going into the first Test at Port-of-Spain under the leadership of Mike Denness , England were put in and bowled out for a meagre 131 ( Greig top-scored with 37 ) .
6 This is what one would expect in a process that feeds back positively on itself , further promoting the conditions that got it going in the first place .
7 And he er he 'd made all that lace , well then instead of him going in the First World War and making the net which was used you see his lace trade all went .
8 None of that extra quality , whatever it was , which had got the business going in the first place , which had ensured John-William success in those early rough-and-ready days of colossal risks and colossal returns , when so many had failed .
9 Finally , with ‘ Do n't walk on the wet edge , you 'll get a verruca ’ ringing in my ears , and ‘ Make sure your hair is BONE dry before you go out into the cold ’ ringing in my brain , we would lay siege to the fish-and-chip shop which was my main reason for going in the first place .
10 Or perhaps one might just narrow it a bit further than that and say well let's see how history is going in the first two years , or the O level history course , or something like that , and we would discuss well given that all these different people are involved in history or have a stake in it in some way , or are interested in it , and given that you 're only going to have a very limited amount of time to do anything in , how can you do something that would be genuinely useful to the school in looking at the history teaching and something that would have the support of the people involved so that it was n't threatening anybody but they felt there was something being genuinely helpful .
11 From this position he could not expect to be prominent going to the first bend , the clubhouse turn , and Shoemaker held him back in about eighth place , some four horses out from the rails , as the runners came past the stands .
12 If you feel you would like to go to a group but feel uneasy about going to the first one alone contact me and I will arrange for someone to take you and introduce you .
13 Going to the first GLF meeting brought together these two aspects of myself as I saw for the first time the emotional need to have a context where I could be open and proud of my gayness , as well as the political context where my sexuality would seem relevant to all the other things that were going on around me at work and in the country at large .
14 Because she 's not been going to the first aid room .
15 But immediately Jessie said to Agnes , ‘ I 'm going at the first opportunity , Bible or no Bible . ’
16 The young woman feels curiously as though she is only playing at house once more when she goes into the first flat or home that she can truly call her own .
17 There will be some of these no matter how much care goes into the first draft .
18 In particular , examples have been found of periodic behaviour occurring at higher r than chaotic for the same values of b and P. Changes are not necessarily in the direction of greater randomness the further one goes from the first instability of steady solutions .
19 Even with such insight it has to be said : we go to the exotic other to lose everything , including ourselves — everything that is but the privilege which enabled us to go in the first place .
20 Two days to go before the first home game of the season .
21 Do n't panic about a squint that comes and goes in the first few months , though , as this is quite normal and happens because she has n't developed binocular vision yet .
22 But the distribution rules said shares or discounts had to go to the first named .
23 For the clubs , as ever , the issue is money , most of which goes to the First Division .
24 The other Senate seat up for election went for the first time to the PAN , which won 17.7 per cent of the vote and secured 92 seats in the Chamber of Deputies .
25 Let's briefly go through the first few generations of the main line of evolution in Figure 4 .
26 When they went through the first gate at the bottom of the hill they were out of people 's eyes for the first time since they had met .
27 I went through the first pile , which seemed mainly to be stock orders from golf professionals around the country , and started on the next tray .
28 Sometimes that flash is near slit 1 and in that case we know that the electron actually went through the first slit .
29 Yes , go through the first five minutes , there were all different tasks , erm , at first , the girls were making up a basic jingle that would be about thirty seconds , and everyone else was looking through to see what words they should use .
30 And the most dangerous players in the world today are those athletic and financially secure ones who calculate risks with the astuteness of a bank manager , but go for the first prize , if possible , and the subsequent contracts , knowing that if the high-flying fairway wood does n't clear a ditch at Augusta , they can still enjoy a steak dinner tonight , thanks to a pitch and single putt !
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