Example sentences of "[noun] and one [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Johnny Lazar steps off the plane from the States and one of the first things he sees in London is a gangland killing … happens all the time . |
| 2 | Johnny Lazar steps off the plane from the States and one of the first things he sees in London is a gangland killing … happens all the time . |
| 3 | Johnny Lazar steps off the plane from the States and one of the first things he sees in London is a gangland killing … happens all the time . |
| 4 | Bernie Grant , representing Tottenham in the borough of Haringey and one of the first black MPs , was unequivocal and unambiguous in his opposition from the very start . |
| 5 | Such was his reputation that 2,000 people attended his funeral in Russia and one of the first statues in St Paul 's Cathedral in London was not of a sovereign , statesman or saint — but a simple , teetotal , vegetarian traveller who , as the inscription notes : |
| 6 | Going down with my dad who had been president of the lifeboat here for about fifty years , to meet the lifeboat as come in with survivors , I was just a wee boy at the time but I remember the Icelandic trawler , the Geyser and one of the first to be put ashore off the lifeboat that night , was a wee lassie , and she came across the pier and she came to me , because I was the only kid down there that night . |
| 7 | Enter Lucignano and one of the first things to immediately impress the first-time visitor is the peace and quiet of the town 's narrow streets and alleyways . |
| 8 | Vicente Gomes da Silva , born on 12 March 1827 , was the first commercial photographer in Madeira and one of the first in Portugal . |
| 9 | Hadlee 's victim that day was Sanjay Manjrekar , a delighted onlooker this time and one of the first to congratulate the ‘ Haryana Hurricane ’ on his fine achievement . |
| 10 | Graham Tregidon became WRU president at the annual general meeting in June and one of the first things he did was go into print in the next issue of the union 's newsletter to plead unity . |