Example sentences of "[prep] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lewis plans to take a long break — in Britain — after first heading to Las Vegas to commentate for Sky TV on the November 13 title battle between reigning champion Evander Holyfield and Riddick Bowe that will decide his opponent next April . |
| 2 | Dad-to-be dies after first pill |
| 3 | Cos erm I w I 'd like to erm do some sort of further qualification after first degree so erm and now whether that is going on to do |
| 4 | In future , initial teaching must reflect the opinion that education in nursing , as in all professions , must continue after first qualification and opportunities are needed to make this a reality . |
| 5 | Julian was named after first winner Julian Lawrence who is seen here with two other winners , Heather Valente ( left ) and Liz Marshall . |
| 6 | With electronic aids to navigation proliferating on small boats of all kinds and technology advancing on all fronts it is hardly surprising that a revised second edition of this volume has been required only three years after first publication . |
| 7 | According to Freud , this happens after a period of ‘ anaesthesia ’ , in fact , often not until after first coitus . |
| 8 | Teachers ' groups or pupils could also create their own databases using local sources obtained from their county archives office , after first seeking permission from the record office whose source material it is . |
| 9 | After first year , the ecology courses are complemented by an introduction to global environmental processes , soil , climate , water , and the economics of resource management . |
| 10 | I pressed Vimla to show me her dancing and eventually , after first consulting with Chaman , she invited me to join the household on their rounds , or ‘ going on tolly ’ as they call it . |
| 11 | We left Richmond two days later , early in the morning , just after first mass . |
| 12 | With a sexual history spanning more than twenty years and including fifty or sixty different partners , he regarded VD as something that happened to other people , and was somewhat surprised to develop a mild urethral discharge five weeks after first sleeping with his new girl-friend , Angela , who was younger than him and relatively sexually inexperienced . |
| 13 | Sadat and the Shah had become friends the previous year , after first quarrelling at an Islamic summit in Rabat , about the measures needed to protect an Islamic shrines under Israeli occupation . |
| 14 | Time and again , it appears that Place himself wrote in afterthoughts or amended text , often many years after first writing it . |
| 15 | It 's that at the age of 34 , fourteen years after first shambling on stage in downtown Chicago , having criss-crossed the stand-up circuit from coast to coast and guested on very hip chat show from David Letterman to Arsenio Hall , he should be bigger than he is . |
| 16 | Joined Elland Road side after first training with Sheffield Wednesday . |
| 17 | Trent knew that Louis ' men , if they were able , would strike soon after first light . |
| 18 | Soon after first light , either Caspar 's or Louis ' men would come for the President . |
| 19 | Cassie woke just after first light to hear the drone of their engines fading in the direction of the sea . |
| 20 | 65 per cent of female college students continued a story which begins , ‘ After first term finals , Anne finds herself at the top of her medical school class ’ , by expressing conflicts about success , anticipating its present or future negative consequences , denying the student 's effort or ability , ignoring the cue , or showing other ‘ bizarre or inappropriate responses ’ ( 1972 : 161 , 162 ) . |
| 21 | Programs that use overlays load these after first running . |
| 22 | Small and irregular items can be covered with cling film after first spraying with silicon water repellent from an aerosol can . |
| 23 | Pardon refused after First World War executions |
| 24 | The £300,000 extension providing an extra eight rooms at the home in Prenton Road West , is named after First World War hero Frank Murphy who died on the battlefield at Ypres . |
| 25 | We 've got no sighting of her after first thing Saturday morning . ’ |
| 26 | Length 11 miles ( 17.5km ) , 7 hours Difficulty 4 Start Lay-by on A82 , 3¾ miles E of Glen Coe NT visitor centre and just where the road enters small rocky gorge ( ¼ mile after first house on left ) . |
| 27 | Only weeks after first use , the glasses I am drinking from are etched into cloudy streaks . |
| 28 | Nineteen ( 31 per cent ) of these interviewees ( four females and 15 males ) used heroin for a second time less than one week after first use . |
| 29 | For almost 20 per cent of the sample , daily use came less than one week after first use . |
| 30 | The relative risk of gastric cancer in cimetidine users decreased among men from 8.1 in the first year of follow up to a non-significant 1.3 7–11 years after first use of cimetidine ( Table V ) . |