Example sentences of "down [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | To make the needle fit the groove , the disc contained abrasive material , so the tip would be ground down during the first two or three revolutions . |
| 2 | As cricket activity wound down during the first two years of the war the Otago CA was finding Crawford to be an expensive acquisition , with only £103 in the Coach 's Fund and £169 being paid out for a six-month period . |
| 3 | He had one fight in 1984 and was knocked down for the first time in his career . |
| 4 | The serious Christian , set down for the first time in a Christian community , is likely to bring with him a very definite idea of what Christian life together should be and try to realize it . |
| 5 | The curriculum laid down for the first time what pupils should learn in 10 subjects . |
| 6 | The woman clung to Julia 's hand and broke down for the first time , weeping and pouring out a torrent of Italian that Julia was incapable of translating for herself . |
| 7 | Where notification is given at the first stage , but not in accordance with the procedures laid down for the first stage , you shall not be disentitled to SSP for that day for that reason only . |
| 8 | The leadership wants to see the proportion of union voting strength at party conferences reduced from the current 70 per cent — down for the first time this year from the traditional 90 per cent — to an eventual 50 per cent . |
| 9 | This piece of information caused Makins to slow down for the first time and look at me more carefully . |
| 10 | Trident sub goes down for the first time |
| 11 | Having driven thirty miles and for fifty minutes , he is forced to slow down for the first time . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ We were three down after the first leg against Stuttgart , but there was a great feeling we could do it . |
| 13 | It will require a miracle for Bedford to retain their status , even allowing for their few plus points — a top New Zealand coach , the arrival of a useful looking New Zealand scrum-half , and the fact that if the three national divisions are expanded , as proposed , next season , only one team will be going down from the First Division . |
| 14 | Having started the match eight points down from the first leg , Hemel spent the first half apparently doing everything they could to double the deficit . |
| 15 | Cologne , 2-0 down from the first leg in Belgrade , won through to the quarter-finals with two goals from Goetz , his equaliser coming seven minutes from time , and a last-minute winner from Ordenewitz . |
| 16 | Wednesday , 3–1 down from the first leg of this UEFA Cup tie , went about their work impressively . |
| 17 | His assertion that the problem remains and is handed down from the first generation of Homo sapiens to the present one in the institutions of religion and art seems to be , prima facie , very plausible . |
| 18 | He is still trying to shrug off a throat and chest virus , but seems certain to start the game with Wednesday , 3-1 down from the first leg , struggling for striking cover . |
| 19 | This example of evaluation is related to the parameters laid down in the first part of the chapter . |
| 20 | With more complex circuits , having to remove the transfers after taking all that time to lay them down in the first place , is wasteful . |
| 21 | He fell heavily when 4–1 down in the first set , needed several minutes of treatment before deciding to carry on , lost the first set , but then came back to win the next two — all the time nursing his knee with an ice-pack between games . |
| 22 | This demographic pattern was laid down in the first half of the century when the inter-war birth-rate declined markedly . |
| 23 | Something with four solid walls the wo n't blow down in the first puff of wolf 's breath . |
| 24 | Why you ever asked me down in the first place is still a mystery to me . |
| 25 | A goal down in the first 10 minutes . |
| 26 | Bailey was 5–2 down in the first set tie breaker but won five successive points to draw first blood and then broke his rival in both the third and fifth games of the second set for an astounding victory . |
| 27 | Miss Fletcher was 0–2 , down in the first set before taking ten games in a row and going on to retain her title . |
| 28 | They must be all done or they would n't be down in the first place would they ? |
| 29 | Why does go down in the first place ? |
| 30 | I got excuse me , put down in the first eleven for hockey . |