Example sentences of "on [pron] [adj] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My parents gave me it on my twenty first . ’ |
| 2 | Did you start doing a passenger service when you got the mail contract or did you to the mail just on its own first or did you |
| 3 | Liz came back accompanied by her parents , but wanting to speak to the therapist on her own first . |
| 4 | Rangers manager Gerry Francis , disappointed that his side failed to capitalise on their outstanding first half display conceded : ‘ Barnes was the difference , not just by the way he played , but more by his sheer presence . ’ |
| 5 | This level of provision represents a very substantial commitment of resources to the enterprise bodies and it should be sufficient to enable them to carry through the wide range of tasks expected of them and to build on their excellent first year of operation . |
| 6 | She had promised a wealth of experience on their exploratory first date . |
| 7 | Refer to the available photographs when reading the exercise description , and practise them on their own first before attempting a whole session . |
| 8 | Do not pull them on with the nuts , but make sure they fit on their own first , then smear copper anti-seize compound onto the wheel face and centre before fitting . |
| 9 | All the examples shown here have been transcribed from the music of the late Stevie Ray Vaughan — as played on his stunning first album ( ‘ Texas Flood ’ EPIC/EPC 460 9512 ) . |
| 10 | Yet the notion of Humperdinck being capable of Strauss 's range is of course unthinkable : at the time he conducted the première of Hänsel und Gretel , in December 1893 , Strauss had written most of his tone-poems and was at work on his own first opera , Guntram . |