Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [vb past] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd not done an adaptation before and my fears grew with the first reading of the book , simply because of the enormity of the task . ’ |
| 2 | Their heyday lasted for the first five years of the Eighties , when they scored the incredible total of 20 consecutive Top 20 hits . |
| 3 | Their goals came in the first half , Scot Sammy Johnston opening his account for the club and |
| 4 | Taking the menu out of the nearest gentleman 's hand , she laid it flat on the table , and with her pencil pointed to the first item , then mimed drinking . |
| 5 | Significantly their arrival coincided with the first wave of summer visitors in more southerly parts of Britain , including wheatears reported as far north as Staffordshire . |
| 6 | For many its decline began before the First World War , as a consequence of its inability to maintain the trade-union and working-class support in the face of the challenge of the Labour Party . |
| 7 | A flight of granite steps to his right led to the first floor of one of the buildings and an arrow carried the word , ‘ Office ’ . |
| 8 | And there the momentum of his pursuit faltered for the first time . |
| 9 | His voice trembled for the first time . |
| 10 | Our problems started on the first pitch . |