Example sentences of "[noun] as [pers pn] [vb past] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both hardened internationals , they could n't cope with John Fashanu and Robbie Earle as they plundered the first and third goals for Dons . |
| 2 | He hugged himself against the sudden freezing wind then scrambled to his feet as it whipped the first drops of rain through the open door . |
| 3 | The hunter from the Mendip Hills in Somerset smashed the track record as he became the first to complete the Cheltenham-Liverpool Foxhunters ' double since Grittar in 1981 . |
| 4 | Chris Broad looked set for a good knock as he crashed the first four of the day … but Gloucestershire then got themselves into trouble against the bowling of Gordon Harris … |
| 5 | For half an hour or so she had Barbara Paulus , ranked 21st to Durie 's 102nd , chasing shadows as she won the first set 6-2 . |
| 6 | She re-read the previous page , but by the time she 'd got to the bottom again it made as little sense as it had the first time . |
| 7 | Fenella must have heard me , as she appeared at her door as I reached the first landing . |
| 8 | The voice held the same polite incredulity as it had the first time . |
| 9 | The waves seemed to increase in size as we passed the first section of headland , continuing to smash with awesome power to our right , too close to our right ! |
| 10 | HER knees felt weak and butterflies flocked into her stomach as she felt the first hot flush of teenage love . |
| 11 | The next night , Captain Edward ( Ted ) Parsons RE and his paddler , Leading Seaman Irvine , prepared to land , Ted Parsons taking a ducking as he tried the first time to board the canoe in a nasty swell . |
| 12 | I had dropped my bag as I hit the first man , but that did n't matter . |
| 13 | He got up and went back down the stairs , going out into the gathering darkness , across the priory grounds behind the chapel from where he could hear the sweet , melodious chant of the nuns as they sang the first psalm of Compline . |