Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [prep] [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He defeated fellow Scot Colin Montgomerie at the first hole of a sudden-death decider after the pair had tied on three-over-par 287 . |
| 2 | They knew of course that she was ‘ clever ’ because they had heard her being questioned by Miss Honey on the first day of term . |
| 3 | In front of the house was a typical Victorian garden which had been designed by Edward Kemp for the first Sir John : a few formal terraces , some bedding out , a tortuously clipped yew topiary and a small paved area with rose beds . |
| 4 | Steve Haston and Andy Newton on the first ascent of The Prisoner ( E1/2 ) , Thunderbird Zawn , Gogarth ( photo Andy Newton ) . |
| 5 | And you had the impression he knew that would be the case as he raced down Jefferson Avenue for the first time . |
| 6 | As I came into my room , I saw Edward Hyde for the first time . |
| 7 | By the time they had reached the end of Jefferson Street for the first time , the US Grand Prix was all over . |
| 8 | Having spent 7 years mastering the fine art of playing the violin , Bernard , feeling creatively stifled by ‘ middle aged people telling me what I was doing wrong ’ , chose to change his instrument after hearing Johnny Marr on the first Smiths records . |
| 9 | After a few attempts I found I was turning like Robby Naish for the first part of the turn , then falling in on the inside of the turn . |
| 10 | Although you might turn like Robby Naish in the first part of the gybe , the rest of it will be a slow , wobbly affair . |
| 11 | The quote from the William Tell Overture in the first movement may be deliberately banal , but more to the point , I find that it actually is banal . |
| 12 | Meanwhile in the first Clubman 's Short Circuit meeting at Nutts corner , Ballymena rider Michael Turtle scored a double in the 250 races , beating Michael Arnott and Jeff Shaw in the first race , and Alan Fairley and David Richmond in the second . |
| 13 | Tapie 's suit will aim to force the French Federation and French League to name Marseille as the country 's representatives to play AEK Athens in the first round on September 15 . |
| 14 | The house was built for Earl Fitzwilliam in the first years of the 19th century by John Carr of York , then in his 80s . |
| 15 | He interviewed Mick Jagger for the first issue of May . |
| 16 | Indians of many parties have been terrified by the prospect of escalating Hindu-Muslim violence , highlighted in Meerut in Uttar Pradesh during the first round of voting , when 19 people were killed . |
| 17 | Wilkinson conceded that odds against the title going to Elland Road for the first time in 18 years have ‘ lengthened considerably ’ but he refused to throw in the towel . |
| 18 | A Christmas tree was put up in Moscow 's Red Square for the first time , and on Christmas Eve the bells of St Basil 's Cathedral in Red Square were rung for the first time since 1917 . |
| 19 | HAPPY RETURN BIRTHDAY boy Jimmy Connors conducts the crowd in a chorus of ‘ Happy Birthday ’ after demolishing Jaime Oncins in the first round of the US Open . |
| 20 | All the rugby roads lead to Twickenham this weekend … where England are playing South Africa for the first time in over 20 years … |
| 21 | England have been in trouble twice this season , upset by Canada 's pack at Wembley and shunted alarmingly by South Africa during the first half . |
| 22 | In 1886 Lottie Dod , aged fourteen , beat Maud Watson for the first time in the final at the Bath tournament to win the West of England title . |
| 23 | The first part of the walk kicks off up a private road gliding beneath a fabulous railway viaduct , the very one from which I had gazed in my bike-less train down the length of Loch Shiel for the first time some ten years earlier . |
| 24 | Elizabeth Gould Davies in The First Sex , describes the great ancient civilizations of Crete , Egypt and Sumer , which were ruled by women , who had instituted an incest taboo and exogamy to control ‘ the lusts of their sons ’ . |
| 25 | Timothy Lloyd Q.C. and Katherine McQuail for the first defendant . |
| 26 | X/Open Co Ltd has abandoned plans for a European Xtra conference , which was to be held in Dusseldorf next month ( UX No 386 ) : it claims users expressed a preference for the Xtra Congress in Washington DC during the first week of December . |
| 27 | Ridge rovers arriving in South Wales for the first time probably have firm plans to tackle the splendid routes in the Black Mountains and , of course , the classic escarpment topped by Pen y Fan in the Brecon Beacons . |
| 28 | If the match takes place — some time next month has been suggested — it will provide ideal circumstances under which Andy Roxburgh , the national coach , may watch Costa Rica for the first time . |
| 29 | If England could organise the draw to their liking they would probably play Austria , Colombia and Costa Rica in the first round . |
| 30 | DES Walker has been dropped by Graham Taylor for the first time in 36 games as the England manager fights for World Cup survival against Poland tomorrow . |