Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adj] [prep] the first " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It was just around this stage that I became aware of the first footman beside me , who whispered : ‘ Miss Kenton would like a word with you , sir . |
| 2 | ‘ Needless to say , there were plenty of takers when I offered a small wager — but a few worried expressions when I scored five in the first seven games ! |
| 3 | ‘ With Amber I felt sick for the first five months , ’ she says . |
| 4 | I was just remarking the other day , I think I brought one of the first Land Rovers to the borders from Edinburgh . |
| 5 | I went back to the Knitmaster with a 302 , then a 321 and through the gamut until I had one of the first Electronic 500 models ; still with that , I bought a push button Brother for the lace , then the 840 , and 910 and finally the 950i — now I have that and the Passap Duomatic 80 . |
| 6 | I missed most of the first war with him actually . |
| 7 | George Lansbury himself became one of the first reforming Poor Law Guardians in East London in the 1890s , and the social legislation of the Liberals , including the state Old Age Pension introduced in 1908 , was a direct response to the rising political influence of the labour movement . |
| 8 | Gryshenko , co-skipper of the yacht Fazisi , which finished sixth in the first leg of the Whitbread Round the World race , left a note to his wife and parents . |
| 9 | The Story of the Fraserburgh Lifeboats takes a similar look at the Fraserburgh lifeboat station , which had one of the first lifeboats to be built and which was also the first RNLI lifeboat station in Scotland . |
| 10 | St Andrews-born Andy Thomson and his England international colleague , Gary Smith , produced the quickest win of the day , needing just 14 ends to secure a straight sets win over Welsh pair Colin Edwards and Ieuan Terry , who led 3-2 in the first set but never scored again as their opponents recovered to win 7-3 , 7-0 , 7-0 . |
| 11 | ‘ I sometimes wonder why you became involved in the first place . ’ |
| 12 | But Harris , who made 47 in the first innings and Puddle who promoted himself in the batting order had other ideas . |
| 13 | By the early 1640s she had moved to London and begun a religious quest in pursuit of whose ends she became involved with the first Quakers in 1654 . |
| 14 | She became one of the first women fellows in 1919 , when women were finally admitted . |
| 15 | In October 1871 she became one of the first five students at Newnham College , Cambridge , founded by Henry Sidgwick [ q.v. ] with Anne Clough [ q.v. ] , a Bulley family friend , in charge . |
| 16 | She opened one of the first child welfare clinics in the country , and ran a working men 's club . |
| 17 | Burnell toiled to a 75 , while Hutt , who birdied two of the first three holes after lunch , then took seven at the 4th , including two penalty strokes from grounding his club in a water hazard . |
| 18 | Driving a Mitsubishi with friend Silka Fritzinger , She finished 27th after the first day . |
| 19 | She looked interested for the first time . |
| 20 | How did you say you felt free for the first time in your life ? |
| 21 | She felt giddy with the first intake of smoke , but suddenly saw how to make a whole of the face . |
| 22 | And the other men saw him , and some would have sniggered at the fall that would follow such arrogance , and a few would have suffered in the knowledge that defiance brings only pain and punishment , and for one or two or three the young man who ambled erect in the first rank was a donor of comfort . |
| 23 | Surprisingly , it was her grandmother , Ruth , Lady Fermoy , a lady-in-waiting to the Queen Mother , who sounded one of the first notes of caution . |
| 24 | She held one of the first Beit research fellowships ( 1910–14 ) , and worked at the Lister Institute for Preventive Medicine with ( Sir ) Arthur Harden [ q.v . ] . |
| 25 | Yeah well , you see , we found that for the first three or four years now they 've gradually dropped off a bit , but they did used to , I mean they still come , but it |
| 26 | I live in Galway and have been supporting Leeds since 1977–1978 when I think we finished 5th in the first , endured the bad 80 's and have mostly enjoyed the 90's though a couple more trophies would n't go astray . |
| 27 | Villa began the afternoon where they finished in May , one rung above the relegation places , although this time last year they stood fifth in the First Division . |
| 28 | As The Lord of the Rings was coming to the end of its gestation it became possible for the first time for political leaders to say they wanted nothing and make it come true . |
| 29 | From there , he became involved with the first commercial bungee jumping company , and brought the idea back home . |
| 30 | He became one of the first football commentators on radio , copying the urgent , excitable American style of the ‘ gee-whizzers ’ , earning himself the nickname of ‘ By Jove ’ Allison on the way . |