Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun sg] [conj] [verb] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you are left in this condition during the operation , then at the end of the operation they give you a second injection that reverses the first one that paralysed you . |
| 2 | This is the second Point that balances the first and safeguards it from the other extreme — being too soft on doubt . |
| 3 | It seems that the professional game , in contrast to our European and world rivals , has revered the second tenet but stifled the first . |
| 4 | A drawing attributed to the Persian artist Dust Muhammad , dating from the mid-sixteenth century and depicting the first scene from the tale of ‘ Haftvad and the Worm ’ , bears the estimate of £25–35,000 ( $45–60,000 ) . |
| 5 | There is no point in arguing who cast the first stone or threw the first bomb , destroying a church hall or a GAA club . |
| 6 | Accompanied by his wife , whom he had married shortly before sailing , Johnson arrived with the first fleet and celebrated the first Anglican service under ‘ a great tree ’ at Sydney cove on 3 February 1788 . |
| 7 | Arsenic compounds were introduced towards the end of the nineteenth century , but it was the introduction of arsphenamine , or salvarsan , in the early twentieth century that produced the first really viable alternative to mercury . |
| 8 | Paul Crossley has had a unique association with Tippett 's music , commissioning the Third Sonata and giving the first performances of No. 3 and 4 . |