Example sentences of "a [noun sg] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did sting me a bit the first time I used it but has n't since . |
| 2 | Will you let me go again on the basis I made a cock-up the first time round . |
| 3 | When a beginner joins a club the first thing he will become aware of is that great emphasis is placed upon training exercises and stretching , more so in taekwondo than in most other martial arts . |
| 4 | ‘ It was really hard , because as a rule the first one you do is the one you 'll really believe in . |
| 5 | I would not expect an angler to hit , or even see , every bite he has on a swing-tip the first time he uses one . |
| 6 | For example , in the following sentence : Since the last time we met when we had that huge dinner Ive been on a diet the first two tone-units present information which is relevant to what the speaker is saying , but which is not something new and unknown to the listener . |
| 7 | No but the trouble is when I go on a diet the first place I |
| 8 | Did your report back ? we did n't have a meeting the first week , did we ? |
| 9 | Everyone forms some sort of impression of a person the first time that they meet . |
| 10 | After a minute the first French skirmishers ran into sight . |
| 11 | After a week the first cracks were appearing within the group and between the group and its organisers . |
| 12 | ‘ You called me a dog the first time you saw me , ’ he said . |
| 13 | But in the Arctic , summer is just past its peak , with the pack ice as far north as it is likely to be , although in a month the first skin of new ice will tinkle and shimmer as it is broken up by the morning breeze . |
| 14 | This was in a sense the first of the family of rare or inert gases to be discovered ; but in chemistry the discovery of an element requires also its isolation , and this did not happen until 1895 , when William Ramsay was in the process of finding the whole group of these gases . |
| 15 | After a while I thought that as Dateline had been such a success the first time why not have some fun and do it again ? |
| 16 | Against such a challenge the first step must be for the professional body , i.e. the Library Association , to exercise its authority on its professional membership . |
| 17 | By the time I returned from Australia , the KH965 had been launched by Brother , Manchester and within a fortnight the first dealer tuition was taking place . |
| 18 | I think the wages went up round about a half a crown the first year or five bob the second year in er er progressing like that . |
| 19 | 4.1 the Rent payable without any deduction by equal quarterly payments in advance on the usual quarter days in every year and proportionately for any period of less than a year the first such payment being a proportionate sum in respect of the period from and including the Rent Commencement Date to and including the day before the quarter day next after the Rent Commencement Date to be paid on the date of this Lease and |
| 20 | It is worth stressing that Hume 's argument does not attempt to derive a sceptical conclusion from the fact that I might be wrong ( as in a way the first argument does ) nor from the fact that I have been wrong ( as the second argument does ) . |
| 21 | They walk onto court with untuned muscles and joints in cold weather and then wonder why they pull a muscle the first time that they stretch for the ball . |