Example sentences of "[to-vb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like many sailors before us our soggy footsteps led up the little hill to the Café Sport to sink the first beer in many days . |
| 2 | Managers were always going to hit the first target once they realised that a one in three rota without prospective cover fitted the limit of 83 hours a week exactly . |
| 3 | When we 'd finished that night Dad gave us tuppence to go the first half at the Queen 's Hall . |
| 4 | Whole curricular thinking was inhibited by the need to preserve the first ; the breaking down of professional isolation by the need to conceal the latter . |
| 5 | Indeed Joanne was unlucky not to claim the first set , having served for it at 5–3 . |
| 6 | Parrott , the UK snooker champ , scored a tremendous 6-5 victory over the world champion and world No 1 to claim the first title of the season and pick up a £25,000 cheque . |
| 7 | And it was Ralph Knibbs who took advantage to claim the first try for Bristol . |
| 8 | They were quick to spot the first ripples of concern which have surged into a tide over the past year . |
| 9 | Dessie was used to promote the first Sunday meeting at Doncaster last month along with Red Rum . |
| 10 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 11 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 12 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 13 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 14 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 15 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 16 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 17 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 18 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 19 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 20 | As the two mid-price discs are available separately , Elgarians may care to sample the first which includes the most ambitious of the Harmony Music ( in four parts , the first lasting nearly 12 minutes ) , the five Intermezzos and two descriptive slow pieces , then perhaps moving on the second . |
| 21 | We are only just beginning to see the first stirrings of a new debate on industry 's competitiveness . |
| 22 | The temptation for Germans now , even though the generation of which Mann was writing has largely passed away , is to see in the great breakthrough of the last few months simply a kind of vindication of Germany 's efforts to achieve hegemony in Europe , to see the first and second world wars and what is happening now as three chapters of the same story . |
| 23 | The temptation for Germans now , even though the generation of which Mann was writing has largely passed away , is to see in the great breakthrough of the last few months simply a kind of vindication of Germany 's efforts to achieve hegemony in Europe , to see the first and second world wars and what is happening now as three chapters of the same story . |
| 24 | Boro fans seem to sense as much , with only 12,000 on hand to see the first of their team 's four games in eight days on Monday . |
| 25 | ‘ Because it would be good for some of us to see the first moments of your great fame . ’ |
| 26 | Endless cups of coffee helped a bit but what a relief it was to see the first pale streaks of dawn creeping across the sky . |
| 27 | Benjamin had just lived long enough to see the first of his children married : Ella Frances May Titford 's wedding had taken place on 26 August 1905 , in that very church in which her father was to collapse eight days later . |
| 28 | Not to mention a rapid passing on of mortgage cuts to bedraggled flocks of existing homeowners ; who are less than thrilled to see the first helping of crumbs go in instant cheap deals to first-time buyers . |
| 29 | It is plausible to see the first point as spelling out the root problem for a philosophical account of knowledge , and the second as linked to Peirce 's anti-naturalism . |
| 30 | It also suits the fans likewise , who quite like to pop off to the cricket after lunch , and who also might like to travel to away league matches without having to leave before dawn to see the first ball bowled . |