Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [vb past] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Brown observes : ‘ 'What does he do ? ’ remains the most illuminating question to ask about someone met for the first time . ’ |
| 2 | Two of them came in the first half as Bolton tore Watford to shreds . |
| 3 | In Britain from the 1820s all attachés had to have a letter of appointment signed by the secretary of state ; and from 1815 a number of them began for the first time to be paid . |
| 4 | Now , generally speaking wi I I I 've act what I 've done for the re-sit paper is that I I pooled a load of questions , some of which went to the first paper and some of which went to the ne and some of which went to the re-sit paper so I do n't know which topics are coming up erm on the re-sit paper . |
| 5 | HE left NME to create the equally successful Smash Hits and then decided to go it alone with £4,000 from his building society account — all of which went into the first edition of The Face . |
| 6 | I hope I do n't add to the confusion of the Borrowdale guidebook editions when I point out that their detailed account of what occurred on the first ascent of Prodigal Sons is in fact what happened on a totally different route named Déj ‘ a Vu . |
| 7 | ‘ My coach , Malcolm Arnold , told me that you do n't win gold medals performing like I did in the first round . |
| 8 | There was a need to keep the US public involved in great power politics , in marked contrast to what happened after the First World War . |