Example sentences of "[verb] the very first [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Although Permutit was not adopted as the company name until some years later , it was in fact Permutit 's forebear who installed the very first ion exchange water softner in the UK in 1911 at Burrill 's Wharf in London 's docklands . |
2 | James and Greg Hendy 's father , now keeping the carpet business afloat when his sons make regular disappearances , is said to have brought the very first Malibu surf board to Cornwall . |
3 | They were devised in conjunction ( the exact degree of which remains unknown ) with Christian Huygens of Zulichem , who is credited with making the very first pendulum clock in 1656 . |
4 | I do n't know why people have said that , because I introduced the very first strand minority television , which was on LWT , when we created GayLife . |
5 | ‘ Rock The Casbah ’ had the very first rock video that starred an armadillo ( unless ZZ Top got there before them ! ) |