Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should they attempt to influence the bishops , Archbishop Felici warned them on the first day of the new session , they would lose their privileges , a threat that caused considerable resentment as much among the fathers as among their advisers . |
| 2 | The horse hurt himself on the first jump and despite leading for much of the way round never really mastered the race . |
| 3 | In 1939 appointment to the Disney chair of archaeology distinguished her as the first woman professor in the university . |
| 4 | Hugh liked him from the first ; and so do I like him , I like him very well . |
| 5 | It was in 1977 and ‘ 78 that McEvoy won this title before Ronan Rafferty beat him for the first ( and only ) time in nearly 30 matches for England . |
| 6 | Joshua Morris submitted himself to the first of the day 's body-searches . |
| 7 | SEEING THE ARTICLE on the ‘ 109 in the July issue of FlyPast reminded me of the first time I saw it . |
| 8 | In a nasty , but highly entertaining tirade , one of the more perceptive remarks was that if it was n't for The Wedding Present , Ukrainian music would be confined solely to Blue Peter specials ; surely one of the main reasons the band did it in the first place . |
| 9 | Igor Stravinsky met him for the first time in this year , and recalled how shy he seemed . |
| 10 | Whilst we recognise that conditions favoured us in the first quarter in that weather-related losses were comparatively light , the worldwide nature of the improvement , together with encouraging indications so far in the second quarter , lead us to believe that the worst is behind us and that trends will continue to improve . |
| 11 | Then , with the notion of what a girl with such a name must be like firm in her mind , she made this heroine of hers arrive somewhere and without delay put her into the first of a series of conflicts with , behind them , a gradually increasing aura of mystery . |
| 12 | Then Folly reached the top of the steps , and the woman noticed her for the first time . |
| 13 | We had it organised so that when people contacted us in the first instance , we gave them a menu of mods that we would do , depending on what the customer wanted . |
| 14 | ‘ Craig hurt me in the first round , but Robert told me to work harder and it all went well . ’ |
| 15 | As David Lodge put it in the first issue of The Birmingham Magazine : |
| 16 | Young couples took their children to it as soon as their legs were long enough ; old people accepted it as the first of their last climbs and many beery pledges were made to the mountain in the Deeside pubs . |
| 17 | A thing of great beauty , it was not unusual to hear sharp intakes of breath as people beheld it for the first time . |
| 18 | ‘ Why do you think your father left them in the first place ? ’ |
| 19 | Eventually , Peter rid them of the first , hapless shop in San Francisco and , in 1981 , felt ready to open in New York . |
| 20 | Two children arranged themselves in the first carriage , Bradford grandchildren with their parents up from Bristol . |
| 21 | Two cherry berets took me through the first gate . |
| 22 | In 1896 the fourth Congress resolved itself into the first National Council with a permanent staff and offices , at first in Birmingham and then in the Congregationalists ' London headquarters , Memorial Hall . |
| 23 | Wolves overtook them in the first division table during the week . |
| 24 | The quarrel between faith and unbelief touched him for the first time and unsettled his mind . |
| 25 | The Campbells were waiting to greet him in the hall , and Elizabeth saw him for the first time . |
| 26 | Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's delicious , ’ Melissa assured her after the first mouthful . |