Example sentences of "to work [prep] the first [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A woman who has recovered from a stroke or head injury may decide she would like to work for the first time , as part of the challenge of overcoming her illness .
2 If he was the sole breadwinner , you may have to go out to work for the first time .
3 Because Miguel , in the same incident , has been bitten but not seriously injured , Sarah tries to save him by cutting off his infected arm with a machete — an effect that failed to work with the first model , until an assistant of Savini 's used a spare rubber arm with the cut prefilled with wax .
4 The Portadown player had to work in the first couple of frames but after that he stepped up a gear and dismissed the English player almost scornfully .
5 Thus , for example , the student with difficulty revising , having drawn up his plan of action , agreed to work on the first item on his list and not to be side-tracked into attempting other items at the same time .
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