Example sentences of "the first [noun sg] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next year the permanent collection will be redisplayed on the first floor while a new space will be constructed one floor above , for temporary exhibitions . |
| 2 | I would have moved slightly to the right , I w I was the first objective while you 're looking is to get out of the door . |
| 3 | The Dutch , sorely missing injured striker Marco van Basten , squandered numerous chances in the first half while Norway were content to defend . |
| 4 | We supposedly get a couple of days to recharge and then turn up refreshed here to shine and glitter on the first night while they 're wrecked . |
| 5 | Aideen Rodgers , the baby of the Irish team , provided the first point while Irish champion Eavan Higgins came up with half a point , finishing all square with Scottish No 1 Catriona Lambert in the top match and Eileen-Rose Power finished birdie , birdie par to win her match by one hole . |
| 6 | After Mironov and Chapman had twice exchanged penalties in the first half , Chapman 's smart 30-yard dropped goal five minutes after the break put Cornwall ahead for the first time while Mishakov was off the field with a shoulder injury . |
| 7 | Last weekend they won the HDM tournament in The Hague for the first time while Karen Brown , Mary Nevill , Sandy Lister and Tracy Fry were engaged on outdoor commitments . |
| 8 | ‘ I fell in love for the first time while I was still at school , ’ she has revealed . |
| 9 | This year sees a strong European attendance , with André Candillier from Paris showing for the first time while in the field of Old Masters . |
| 10 | Interestingly , the manuscript regarded as providing the best text of the poem , Bibliothèque National fr.19152 , labels the work a " " fable " " in the first line while the other copies read " " fabliaus " " or " " fableaus " " , suggesting that the category of fabliau may not have been so clearly defined and recognized at this early date as it was later to become . |
| 11 | In the movies they always seemed to make the kidnapped party drive , but Maxim thought about Dann driving his — Maxim 's — car into the first acacia while he watched the gun , which seemed to have hypnotised him . |