Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [prep] the first [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Sergeant was played by William Hartnell , best known as the first of TV 's Dr Who . |
| 2 | We 're not known as the first in Pest Control for nothing . |
| 3 | Usually cited as the first of its kind , the Amalgamated Society of Engineers comprised into a national organisation over one hundred unions or branches of union , the whole administered by a central executive . |
| 4 | They had nearly arrived at the first of the longhouses scattered over the hillside , belonging to the families who stayed in Orphir all the year round and cared for the land and the hall on behalf of the Earl . |
| 5 | If you have n't heard from the first within 28 days , write to find out why . |
| 6 | And you , my dear Mary , respected though your name is — you are insufficiently regarded as the first of that invaluable breed , preceeding them by at least one whole generation ! |