Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [adv] the first [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Vivian Endicott Barnett , ex-Guggenheim curator and author of the ongoing catalogue raisonné of Kandinsky 's watercolours , has put together the first major exhibition of the artist 's work on paper . |
2 | In fact , assuming that the time elapsing between a subject 's decision to respond and the actual pressing of the button was about 75 milliseconds , subjects on average identified the target after having heard only the first 200 milliseconds of it . |
3 | The Hong Kong authorities had carried out the first involuntary repatriation operation on Dec. 12 , 1989 [ see pp. 37121-22 ] . |
4 | He talked about Fitzroy , the naval officer who had carried out the first detailed survey of the waters we were looking down on , and of Darwin , who had joined Fitzroy in the Beagle for a second voyage in which the survey had been completed , followed by the long voyage home via the Galapagos and other islands , including New Zealand . |
5 | Hannon had picked up the first two races as well after starting the day with no confidence at all . |
6 | ‘ Boy ’ Mould had served in France with 1 Squadron in 1939/40 , where he had shot down the first German aircraft to be claimed by R.A.F. fighters over the Western Front ; he had over eight victories to his credit at this time . |