Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [vb past] [verb] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the first time since 1921 that England had lost the first three Tests of a home rubber . |
| 2 | It was in this way that Galle came to make the first sighting of the planet now known as Neptune . |
| 3 | Although Newcomen had produced the first practical steam-engine in the early years of the eighteenth century , it was capable only of a simple back-and-forth or up-and-down motion and therefore disappeared under-ground to be used for pumping water out of mines . |
| 4 | By August 5 the cable had been laid , and Thomson had sent the first two messages over it . |
| 5 | Mrs Meacock and Araminta had made a first appearance in a short story , ‘ The Prerogative of Love ’ . |
| 6 | By 1909 then , Picasso and Braque had initiated the first phase of Cubism ; the art which both painters were producing was the result of a new freedom which arose from their having discarded all scientific systems and theories . |
| 7 | Margaret Gowing in her official history of the British post-war atomic programme said : ‘ Polonium was a little-known element needed for a vital component of the ( atomic ) bomb … after Harwell had made the first polonium , Windscale assumed production responsibility … |
| 8 | On the other hand , Spurs ' coaching double act of Ray Clemence and Doug Livermore opted for words of wisdom rather than wrath , after Liverpool had dominated the first half . |
| 9 | However , it quickly became clear that the opera would not be ready in time for September , even though Mozart had finished the first act by 22 August . |
| 10 | As Taff started to cook the first half-dozen eggs I went along the road that ran around the village and passed near to the orchard . |