Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [verb] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the publisher 's favourite remains the first reply he received . |
| 2 | Irvine had earlier hit the post and there was no doubting Aberdeen 's willingness to put the first tie behind them and move purposefully into the semi-finals . |
| 3 | Navratilova 's exit marked the first time no American woman had reached the quarter-finals of the US Open since women began playing in the tournament in 1887 . |
| 4 | The marriage relationship takes primacy , so that one 's spouse becomes the first source of support for married people . |
| 5 | Hartlepool 's Procession host the first show at the Empire in Middlesbrough on Monday ; Hug take the tour to Newcastle Poly on March 2 , and on March 5 the Poppyfield bring it to Perry 's in Darlington where the Autumn Divers will also be on the bill . |
| 6 | Tommy Dempsey went close to the visitors just four minutes before half time , but both teams welcomed the referee 's whistle to end the first half . |
| 7 | Pioline 's stunner ended Courier 's quest to become the first man to reach all four Grand Slam finals in one year since the great Rod Laver won them all in 1969 . |
| 8 | Lorton opened his mouth to speak but something in Dougal 's face strangled the first syllable . |
| 9 | Victor Saunders ' expedition to attempt the first ascent of Ultar I — the highest unclimbed mountain in the Pakistan Karakoram — has been defeated in the most galling circumstances imaginable . |