Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb pp] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Paris ! ) , then took a growler and made for the first address I had . |
| 2 | He saw the naked longing in her amber eyes and realized for the first time how much he had been neglecting her . |
| 3 | Arising from the resolute opposition by the District to the Board 's proposals , a sub-committee was also established by the Cambridge Board to consider its relations with the WEA and met for the first time in May 1938 . |
| 4 | Claudia put the scarf carefully to one side and launched into the first task of the day , the ordering of silks and lace from London , Italy and France . |
| 5 | Just past the Ha'penny Bridge , the driver turned to the left into Lower Fownes 's Street and stopped before the first building on the right hand side . |
| 6 | While the aide translated these remarks Joseph Sherman took the opportunity to glance around the room and noticed for the first time that groups of diminutive Annamese were standing quietly with their wives among the taller European men and women . |
| 7 | One postcard from Shanghai to Scotland , illustrating the railway station and posted before the First World War , bears the message ‘ is not the station like that at Fort Matilda ? ’ |
| 8 | In the meantime , the railway 's in-service stock is being repainted in a new dark red and ivory livery , mainly by one locally based volunteer and adorned for the first time with the railway 's insignia . |
| 9 | Partly this is a matter of time and related to the first problem discussed above . |