Example sentences of "they [verb] [noun] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | CLACTON knew they would be struggling at the weigh-in when they entertained Felixstowe in the first round of the Turner Cup and Inter Club Trophy . |
| 2 | He tried very hard not to cough like he 'd seen people cough in westerns when they tried whisky for the first time , and got away with just clearing his throat rather loudly ( he looked round at the curtains , afraid somebody might have heard ) . |
| 3 | ‘ They played Ards on the first day of the season and wiped the floor with us in a 3–0 win . |
| 4 | And they took part in the first worldwide television broadcast , singing All You Need Is Love live to an estimated audience of 150 million . |
| 5 | The interviews identified a variety of entries into heroin use , based , first , on the relationship between the initiate and the person who introduced him or her to the drug , that is , the social ‘ how ? ’ ; and , secondly , on the reasons given by the users themselves as to why they took heroin in the first place , that is , the personal ‘ why ? ’ . |
| 6 | They fell 15% in the first three months of the year compared with the same period of 1992 , according to figures from credit insurer Trade Indemnity . |
| 7 | They fell 15pc in the first three months of the year compared with the same period of 1992 , according to figures from credit insurer Trade Indemnity . |
| 8 | Before they acquired firearms in the first years of the |