Example sentences of "[vb past] the first set " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1970 , the Library Association produced the first set of specific standards for school libraries that Great Britain had ever had , embodying the library 's new name , and including an analysis of implications for finance , planning , staffing and service which was immediately recognized as being incomplete . |
| 2 | Next , in 1590 , came the First Set of Italian Madrigals Englished , not to the sense of the original dittie , but after the affection of the Noate by Thomas Watson , next to Spenser the earliest of the Elizabethan sonneteers ; they are nearly all by Marenzio but also include two fine settings , à 4 and à 6 , of Watson 's own ‘ This sweet and merry month of May ’ by Byrd ‘ composed after the Italian vaine ’ at the poet 's request . |
| 3 | ‘ The way I played the first set was not me , not my usual game . |
| 4 | Maleeva-Fragniere captured the first set after holding off Graf in a marathon eighth game that went to 11 deuces . |
| 5 | But the eight-time Wimbledon champion lost the first set as the Czechoslovak brought her down with her huge serve and she looked a bag of nerves . |
| 6 | He fell heavily when 4–1 down in the first set , needed several minutes of treatment before deciding to carry on , lost the first set , but then came back to win the next two — all the time nursing his knee with an ice-pack between games . |
| 7 | He lost the first set , but went on to win the match and the event . |
| 8 | Veteran Chris Evert , who gave her name to the tournament , watched the first set of Austin 's match from the stands . |
| 9 | In the match of the tournament , Drake took the first set 6–3 only to see his advantage melt away as Alger powered his way back into the reckoning with a blistering 6–1 win in the second . |
| 10 | She took the first set 6-4 but a sideways stretch to make contact with an English passing shot had the Belfast girl in trouble . |
| 11 | Zara Wolseley took the first set of her Under-18 match with Jo Ward 6-4 but at the end of a hard encounter saw Ward claim the next two sets 6-3 6-2 for victory . |
| 12 | For half an hour or so she had Barbara Paulus , ranked 21st to Durie 's 102nd , chasing shadows as she won the first set 6-2 . |
| 13 | Wilkinson , who won the first set tie-break 7-3 , lost his way in the second when he was twice broken to trail 1-4 and although he retrieved one of the breaks , Castle had little trouble squaring the match . |
| 14 | Now I had the first set of these dividers over in this country . |