Example sentences of "and take the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And take the first person singular : Ich . |
| 2 | He did n't see them hurry down the street and take the first turning that came : Jess talking and talking now . |
| 3 | And take the first train out of Kent . |
| 4 | Is it wholly chimerical to hope that a newly elected Tory government with an unassailable majority might do its duty , however painful for itself , and take the first steps to reverse this pernicious evil and restore the tried and tested order of our ancestors by which only those fitted to rule have any right to elect the government of this country under the Crown ? |
| 5 | A trust has now been able to acquire it and take the first steps towards long-term restoration . |
| 6 | Much the easiest way to assemble a larger labour force was to buy slaves , and the Dutch were ready to help with this , giving the fairly long credit that anyone who wanted to become a planter would need in order to finance his purchases of slaves and of machinery to crush the cane and take the first steps in refining it . |
| 7 | Should she sell him the house and take the first flight back to England ? she wondered . |
| 8 | ‘ If yu keep straight on and take the first turnin' on your left , yu 'll be at Sunset Cottage in quarter of an hour . ’ |