Example sentences of "we [verb] [vb pp] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slide through an alleyway that seems to have history inscribed on its cobbled stones and we 've reached the first stop . |
| 2 | my Lord I think so yes , erm if I can just say this I understand on the structures that a letter has been , er , an offer has been made by a letter erm of the structure and obviously there would be and that , that was done I think some time ago , erm and it might be my Lord how to what sort of structure is , but , but , erm I think from our side , erm we , we 've taken the first step and we 're going |
| 3 | We 've spent the first month in our new house with an assortment of builders , damp-proofers , wood-wormers , plasterers , plumbers and painters . |
| 4 | He says thousands of families have already been thrown into chaos and we 've had the first suicide as a result of the operations of the Child Support Agency . |
| 5 | The calm , thoughtful way she acknowledged them and talked them through with me made me feel that we had taken the first step towards friendship . |
| 6 | However , by the time we had spotted the first speck through our high-powered binoculars , the vulture was already descending . |
| 7 | Since the club 's formation in the 1930s we have reached the first round on no less than 42 occasions . |
| 8 | For the journey we have selected the first class MS Caledonian Star , a perfect ship for such a journey , carrying a maximum of 150 passengers in absolute comfort — all cabins are outside with private facilities , one sitting restaurant , lounges and bars , lecture theatre and large sun decks with a swimming pool . |
| 9 | For , once we have made the first approach to the Landshut Virgin and acquired a first set of impressions , the changeableness of the figure begins to work on us further , now less in the dimension of greater or lesser distance and more in the angle of view . |
| 10 | On May 18 Isa Kambarov , deputy leader of the Azerbaijani Popular Front , conceded that " we have lost the first stage of the war " . |
| 11 | Much work remains to be done , but we have achieved the first stage in gaining agreement to our approach in ensuring Hampshire 's future services . ’ |
| 12 | We therefore apply ( 2 ) with unc This gives for the solution of ( 2 ) unc Since the columns and rows are arbitrary to a scalar multiplier , we may now write unc ( for simplicity of exposition we have multiplied the first column on the right by 3 ) . |
| 13 | ‘ A lot of us have passed the first part of our exam , and are working on the second . |