Example sentences of "leave [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had to leave after the first rehearsals when the only line he could remember was the one he 'd tried on the leading lady the night before . |
| 2 | And delighted Blades , who began the season on a month 's loan at Molineux , insisted : ‘ I never wanted to leave in the first place . ’ |
| 3 | And yet the staff , if they did n't leave after the first month , stayed for ever . |
| 4 | She would leave at the first opportunity , and never again would she listen to the reckless promptings of her heart . |
| 5 | Jerking the trigger instead of squeezing it with a steady pressure , meant the gun muzzle being pulled slightly down and left for the first shot . |
| 6 | Charles was left for the first time to conduct his own strategy in Aquitaine , no doubt with Judith to help him . |
| 7 | Most cour I mean you nor you can get up to about ten percent on most cou on a lot of courses , where people leave after the first term . |
| 8 | Despite the Second Test trouncing by New Zealand , Murphy says Ireland needed that match , ‘ We 'd have come home with a very mistaken picture of our true form if we 'd left after the first international ’ . |
| 9 | She had a burning desire to pack her case and leave on the first mode of transport she could find — she would even settle for a donkey if there was one . |
| 10 | But there was an element of luck in yesterday 's performances because the British crews decided to defy political reality by going hard left on the first beat and were pleasantly rewarded by a massive windshift in their favour . |
| 11 | Corresponding in their insignificance to the islets of the sea , two small clumps of trees , one on each side of the only fault in the impeccable joint , marked the mouth of the river Meinam we had just left on the first preparatory stage of our homeward journey ; and , far back on the inland level , a larger and loftier mass , the grove surrounding the great Paknam pagoda , was the only thing on which the eye could rest from the vain task of exploring the monotonous sweep of the horizon ( 4 ) . |
| 12 | The track continues west along the edge of the escarpment before turning left to the first of many little lakes — Parabaun . |
| 13 | As she left for the first night party , she just had time to tell us what she thought : |
| 14 | ‘ I told them I was leaving after the first gig and it was this bloke from Dik Dik Dimorphic who was going on at me saying that I should n't leave . |
| 15 | I rambled aimlessly for about an hour , in and out of dirty narrow streets , their only saving grace being their brevity , in and out of a variety of shops , bought some oranges from the market stalls , the most interesting feature of the wretched place , then went in to see an ‘ explicit sex ’ film and was presented with a badly mutilated and heavily censored version of some third-rate continental film which I left within the first fifteen minutes . |
| 16 | Political considerations may have made them less inclined to return to China , but it was generally not a major reason for leaving in the first place . |
| 17 | Georgina was my main reason for leaving in the first place . ’ |
| 18 | Miss Kingsley was a practical woman ; she had spent years housekeeping for her family and was thirty before she left on the first of her journeys to West Africa in 1893 , taking with her boots , blankets and a hot-water bottle . |
| 19 | He considered leaving on the first train in the morning . |