Example sentences of "[adv] in the first [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 The play tells the story of two young men who were separated by class and culture as children , who for different reasons end up serving together in the First World War .
3 The tale of two young men , friends in boyhood , who serve together in the First World War may sound like something Rolf Harris would sing about , but there 's more to it than that .
4 Early in the First World War substantial numbers of Czech and Slovak troops went over to the Allied side .
5 Bates , 5–4 up in the first set tie-break broke a racket string in the middle of the next point and eventually lost the tie-break 7–5 .
6 When you 've got your bandage in your pack , I 've explained to you before , you open it up in the first aid kit it 's sterile , yeah , you open it up by the
7 Since the commission was set up in the First World War they in nineteen ninety five they said it would break even for the first time and agreed the last and thirties and forty come to maturity in which incomes are expected to double by twenty , twenty two .
8 He too is remembered for his prowess as a disabled golfer having lost his left arm , and part of his right arm below the elbow — probably in the First World War .
9 In families where the mother tended to intervene often in the first observation period , the children did have longer quarrels and more frequent physical fights in the second observation period ( six months later ) than in families where she intervened less .
10 ( Proposal document ) These project objectives were set out in the first project report ( Taylor , 1983 ) and are quoted in Section 2.1 .
11 Gloucester against Bridgend … that 's the game tonight … its more than a run out too … next week the cherry and whites are back in the first division fight at Northampton … but no chance of planning ahead six first teamers are missing
12 The cathedral suffered grievously in the First World War , being bombarded mercilessly for four years , during which time it suffered 300 direct hits .
13 You and Daryl where in the first form room before afternoon school and I 'm sure we 'll all remember you saying you 'd like to put a spider down Mary Lou 's neck .
14 Er , as you can imagine if you try and tell somebody to park in one place that somebody else has parked already , you could end up with some some misunderstanding , so there is erm a generous amount of parking to bring the total parking to the whole area up to the level that was erm put forward in the first master plan .
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