Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun sg] [conj] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er yeah it is Stefan but because you know it 's the first one to come into leaf and the first one to shed , then possibly it will flower at a different time as well I would think and that may be the clue . |
| 2 | Haitians of all political persuasions scattered in panic when the first shells , and even cannonballs , began to hit . |
| 3 | This ability of DNA to cut and splice , to jump in and out of chromosomes at the drop of a hat , is one of the more exciting facts that have come to light since the first edition of this book was published . |
| 4 | Day 7 ) Camped at site where the first jetstream was spotted in 1956 . |
| 5 | If Rohan really wanted control of the vineyard , would he consider it well lost for love once the first passion had cooled , as it inevitably would ? |
| 6 | Rose Shepherd goes on to argue that a first affair , usually based on attraction , leads to further affairs based on nothing more than boredom , loneliness , resentment , or the need for further boosting of confidence once the first extramarital partner has bowed out . |
| 7 | I flung open my double-glazed windows before I went to sleep and the first call to prayer of the Muslim day was a strident awakening . |
| 8 | Solicitor David Gamble was arriving for work when the first bomb exploded . |
| 9 | The ‘ Edinburgh Courant ’ of 21st May commented ‘ The Comet of Helensburgh , a vessel worked by steam and the first of the kind ever seen in this quarter , is at present lying in Leith Harbour ’ . |
| 10 | This flexibility is particularly valuable when so many of the subjects within the Faculty are not taught at school and the first year university course will be the first opportunity to sample them . |
| 11 | During these years , the status of the WEA as an ‘ Approved Association ’ and its Districts as ‘ Responsible Bodies ’ were confirmed through legislation and the first set of Board of Education Regulations specifically designed to provide financial support for liberal adult education provision . |
| 12 | Going on down to the house with a posy of cowslips , she was aware of that rare feeling of happiness that comes with youth and the first stirrings of love . |