Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun sg] [verb] the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second flower shows the first two layers of petals from a typical Irish crochet rose . |
| 2 | The first person chooses an item beginning with the letter A and the second person repeats this , and continues with a word beginning with the letter B. The third person repeats the first two and adds a word beginning with the letter C , and so on . |
| 3 | A HUNGARIAN shot putter last night became the first Paralympic Games competitor to fail a drugs test . |
| 4 | A man of 65 , from Bristol , last week became the first British patient to benefit from the technique , known as rotational angioplasty . |
| 5 | He is understood to be siding with ICC chairman Sir Colin Cowdrey in backing the England bid , knowing he is a leading candidate to next summer become the first non-English chairman of world cricket 's governing body . |
| 6 | Next year sees the first English Bar President of the Council of the Bars of Europe ( CCBE ) , . |