Example sentences of "[adv prt] [verb] [art] first [noun sg] of " in BNC.

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1 WALES chiefs Alan Davies and Robert Norster face a rare new headache tonight as they sit down to pick the first squad of an exciting new season .
2 They dropped their kedge anchor 200 yards offshore and settled down to await the first wave of assault craft .
3 Lauda , however , went on to win the first race of the season as Hunt crashed out on lap 33 .
4 On Saturday the two prelates attended a service of vespers at the Church of San Gregorio , which stands on the site where Pope Gregory sent St Augustine of Canterbury off to become the first Archbishop of Canterbury in 597 .
5 People out enjoying the first weekend of the season on the Thames , watched helplessly , as the Yorkshire Belle exploded in flames at Radcot Bridge .
6 Tony and Nathan have made tea and soup and we have some before going out to feed the first batch of dogs .
7 THE OAKLAND Athletics came back to win the first game of the best-of-seven American League championship series with a 7-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays , on Tuesday .
8 Off the field , Celtic are playing down weekend speculation that they 're about to announce the first instalment of finance for the Cambuslang stadium development .
9 He went on to become the first director of the National Monuments Record , the body that catalogues the most important buildings in country .
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