Example sentences of "[vb -s] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It starts first time , every time , ’ she says of her Citroen AX . |
| 2 | Oxford are also playing at Tranmere in the league next saturday … you can see highlights of the Swindon Town game on Central 's midweek sports special … and no Hereford fan should be missing from Edgar Street on Wednesday with Vinny Jones and the Crazy Gang in town … finally Swindon have put last season 's top scorer Craig Maskell up for sale … he wants first team football |
| 3 | New gallery of Egyptian art holds first exhibition with an unpublished head of Tutankhamun |
| 4 | SAMSUNG HAS FIRST HP CLONE |
| 5 | Peter Scudamore still has first call on Twiston-Davies ' string when he is not riding for Martin Pipe . |
| 6 | 4 secretarial staff , including the secretary to the head of department and a secretary on whom the Halford Mackinder professor has first call |
| 7 | I think mummy has first choice dear . |
| 8 | The convention is that the cross-cousin who meets the groom 's party at the gate should challenge the groom saying that he , the gatekeeper , has first claim to the girl . |
| 9 | Charlie is still with Hughes who along with Noel Meade , has first claim on him , although he rode Cahervillahow in the Gold Cup for Mouse Morris , his old partner . |
| 10 | Newcastle , nine points ahead in the First Division , let Gascoigne go to Spurs for £2 million and Terry Venables has first option on him should he wish to return to England . |
| 11 | Terry Venables has first option on Gascoigne should he wish to return to England , but Keegan is undeterred . |
| 12 | Oct. 1800 — Coleridge : The Mad Monk 27 March 1802 — Wordsworth begins Immortality Ode 4 April 1802 — Coleridge writes first version of Dejection , called A Letter to … |
| 13 | Perhaps I had naively expected headlines of the HUMPHRY DAVY INVENTS MINERS ' SAFETY LAMP , ROSSINI WRITES FIRST OPERA , HENRY THOREAU BORN , kind of thing ! |
| 14 | Little however replaces first hand experience . |
| 15 | Lego clears first hurdle |
| 16 | The prize includes first class rail fares to Rusland Hall and two nights ' accommodation with breakfast and evening meal . |
| 17 | Single : ( also known as base hit ) when a batter hits the ball in fair territory and reaches first base without being thrown out . |
| 18 | ‘ Ian still lives in the Scarborough area and naturally reckons first team action is better than playing in the reserves , ’ said McHale . |
| 19 | The table on page 19 summarises and compares first preference votes with seats secured . |
| 20 | Brazilian samba at the Jeu de Paume as Hélio Oiticica gets first European showing |
| 21 | Russia gets first batch of emergency grants |
| 22 | QUORUM 'S EQUAL MAC ADAPTER GETS FIRST SHOWING |
| 23 | but you 're not fair to your own family which is even your own family gets first priority |
| 24 | Anyway , opens first night — this mind-reader comes on — audience really gives him the bird . |
| 25 | Others drove to work before 7.30am or scheduled business calls first thing so that they could drive in later . |
| 26 | Janet takes first dose of new drug |
| 27 | He takes first place in the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez , although Alain Prost comes third to keep him on course for Senna 's title . |
| 28 | Rhodes could well become a double international as he is in the South African national hockey squad , but so far the hockey union has n't followed cricket down the integration path and cricket at the moment takes first place on his agenda . |
| 29 | Soccer : McClair takes first prize RUMBELOWS CUP FINAL |
| 30 | SUN ‘ FORMS FIRST PERSON TO ENTER HANDHELD COMMUNICATOR MARKET ’ … |