Example sentences of "the first [noun sg] [prep] eight [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At 0600 the first patrol of eight men , led by Lieutenant Roger Thompson , rolled out of Hofoaek Barracks in their two Land-Rovers on the start of their 270 kilometre round trip . |
| 2 | Jimmy Carter 's presidency , like that of Gerald Ford , began on an optimistic note with commentators deriving satisfaction from the fact that for the first time for eight years president and Congress would be in the hands of the same party . |
| 3 | What would everyone back at the cafe have thought when , for the first time in eight months , I had n't shown up for work ? |
| 4 | For the first time in eight months Patrick felt one hundred per cent fit . |
| 5 | There is now full time working at all the operational distilleries for the first time in eight years . |
| 6 | Rosalind Plowright , singing at ENO for the first time in eight years , is an Elisabeth de Valois of aptly regal appearance , though her initially expressive line showed increasing signs of strain . |
| 7 | Until he won the Paris Open earlier this month — where he also beat world No 1 Courier — he was n't even certain to qualify for this ‘ best eight ’ in the world ’ tournament , having fallen to 10th in the rankings for the first time in eight years , and failing to make a Grand Slam final for the first time in five . |
| 8 | Regular Lebanese army units moved into Beirut 's southern suburbs on Dec. 29-30 , for the first time in eight years . |
| 9 | But while he hesitates over Barnes , he has already confirmed that 25-goal Wright will start and bid to score for the first time in eight caps . |
| 10 | ‘ I scored the first time after eight minutes . |
| 11 | He drew on the first cigarette for eight years , nearly choked , and wheezed : ‘ First today , anyway . |
| 12 | So far , a third of the office space in the first phase of eight buildings has been booked . |
| 13 | So far , a third of the office space in the first phase of eight buildings has been booked . |