Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [noun] [verb] the first " in BNC.

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1 With the wind in their favour Ballymena dominated the first half being encamped for long spells in the Hawick territory .
2 Her recent television credits include leads in the series Buccaneer , The Professionals , The Consultant , Into the Labyrinth , Lytton 's Diary , Magnum , Seagull Island , and her film credits include The First Great Train Robbery , The Bitch , Morecambe and Wise 's Night Train to Murder , Miss Moneypenny in Never Say Never Again , Universal City , After Darkness , and she has just completed Salome , playing Herodias .
3 Programmers Dan and Kathe Spracklen , who have paced the industry Since their Sargon program won the first micro chess tournament in 1978 , believe that about 90 per cent of this progress is due to faster speeds in the evaluation routines , and only 10 per cent because the routines themselves have become more chess-intelligent .
4 Despite his inexperience Andy wins the first race .
5 His steel toe-cap caught the first minion on the knee , leaving him writhing in the gutter .
6 His locomotive designs included the first British heavy freight 2–8–0 types in 1903 , the Pacific 4–6–2 express type in 1908 , and the first general purpose 2–6–0 type in 1911 .
7 All of you in our Service teams create the first impression after the contract has been signed .
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