Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [coord] [vb past] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when Strawberry reached under the seat and produced the first bottle of an apparently endless supply of Star Tiger rice spirit we realised it was not going to be that kind of adventure . |
| 2 | Silence was observed as she moved a table to stand between Charlotte and the chair Natasha had sat in , then arranged the china and poured the first cups . |
| 3 | She threw herself off the bed and hauled the first outfit that came to hand from the wardrobe . |
| 4 | DeFreitas injured a thigh muscle early in the tour and missed the first Test . |
| 5 | She lifted the receiver and dialled the first number with great care . |
| 6 | He was educated at Elphinstone College where he remained as a teacher and became the first Indian professor with his appointment to the chair of mathematics and natural philosophy ( 1854 ) . |
| 7 | When DJS ( D. J. Smith ) spent a whole night walking with a probationer who could find nothing at ail to do , the probationer eventually waited on a main road where there was virtually no traffic and stopped the first two cars that came by . |
| 8 | George had got the deposit ready for a house and made the first down payment on a dining suite . |