Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [verb] [adv] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stephen had turned down the first set of plans out of hand . |
| 2 | During 1990-91 the Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Brooke sought to bring about the first all-party talks since 1975 on the future of the province [ see pp. 37624 ; 37720 ; 37784 ; 37869 ; 38111-12 ; 38156-57 ] . |
| 3 | And then Adam had read aloud the first definition : |
| 4 | Frau Trauffer and her daughter began to bring in the first of six bountiful courses . |
| 5 | The bus failed to get up the first steep hill it came to . |
| 6 | Hannon had picked up the first two races as well after starting the day with no confidence at all . |
| 7 | The Hong Kong authorities had carried out the first involuntary repatriation operation on Dec. 12 , 1989 [ see pp. 37121-22 ] . |
| 8 | Chelsea looked worthy of at least a point after Mick Harford 's 72nd minute goal had cancelled out a first half Saunders header . |