Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [to-vb] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The champagne reception — at which Kylie began to demonstrate for the first time a new found confidence with both press and public — also gave them the perfect opportunity to milk their golden child 's latest achievement , three UK gold discs for ‘ Kylie ’ the LP , and the singles ‘ I Should Be So Lucky ’ and ‘ Got To Be Certain ’ . |
| 2 | After a year at Oxford University , Edward went to fight in the First World War . |
| 3 | Ledgered bread failed to catch for the first hour but a switch to three bronze maggot on a size 14 hook presented over the far side found chub to 2 lb 8 oz from peg one . |
| 4 | ‘ How did they get the £250,000 spare wealth needed to qualify in the first place ’ , is one theme I hear from these envy-driven commentators . |
| 5 | Alec Monk , formerly international advertising controller at Nestlé , refused to approve any commercial in which the brand name failed to appear in the first seven or eight seconds , and in which it was not repeated several times . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't like working from pictures in books , ’ she went on , as her pencil began to skim over the first sheet . |
| 7 | The lift came to rest at the first floor and the door slid open . |
| 8 | By clause 2 of this mortgage , the mortgagor guaranteed to pay to the first defendant on demand : |
| 9 | Hunt had to finish in the first three to win the title . |
| 10 | Although the decision represents a much needed victory for the regulatory authorities , it is unfortunate that the appellate courts had to intervene in the first place . |
| 11 | Unsuccessful at first , southern whaling began to flourish from the first decade of the 20th century , based initially at shore stations on South Georgia , later on pelagic fleets of factory ships and catchers . |
| 12 | Harry 's expression began to relax for the first time in Nicholas 's company . |
| 13 | But the distribution rules said shares or discounts had to go to the first named . |
| 14 | The Portadown player had to work in the first couple of frames but after that he stepped up a gear and dismissed the English player almost scornfully . |
| 15 | Recession may be burying the major continental economies , with the likelihood that things will get much worse before they start to get better , but the European personal computer market continued to prosper in the first quarter , the Wall Street Journal reports . |