Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | To minimize confusion , I shall use consumerism where I mean the first , and the consumer movement to denote the second . |
| 2 | He stepped closer to John Russell 's roan horse and I remember the first thing he said . |
| 3 | A pronouncement which proved to be news to his own personnel department when he made the first anguished inquiries . |
| 4 | When that happened , however , there would at least be the compensation that she became the first of them to have her power formally acknowledged with the title of regent . |
| 5 | The celebrations that marked United 's third major Cup — four if you count the European Super Cup — in two calendar years could just be a rehearsal if they land the First Division title in the next three weeks . |
| 6 | A micro-second after he saw the first flash , the bullet which had come from it was embedding itself in his skull . |
| 7 | ‘ One paper asked me to pick the Derby winner and I picked the first four . |
| 8 | I Chairman on that decision and we re-take the first vote on amendment nine . |
| 9 | If you roll a misfire when you roll the first dice the cannon has literally misfired and may explode . |
| 10 | The hunter from the Mendip Hills in Somerset smashed the track record as he became the first to complete the Cheltenham-Liverpool Foxhunters ' double since Grittar in 1981 . |
| 11 | They had reached the top of the hill when they heard the first soul-chilling , baying call . |
| 12 | But it is with inversion that we find the first really unfamiliar transformation . |
| 13 | After crossing several fields I turned down to the right to follow a metalled road for a while until I reached the first real treat of the day , the Roman road . |
| 14 | My wife and I spent the first days of our married life at Abbey St Bathan 's , on Whiteadder , when we stayed with a remarkable lady , Miss Gillon , in her gardener 's cottage . |
| 15 | This apparently insignificant detail was to be of fateful importance for all subsequent human cultural and psychological evolution because it provided the first , albeit rather minimal , check on the egoism and mutual antagonism of males . |
| 16 | The aim was to help climbers Dave Harries and Mick Hardwick acclimatise before they attempted the first British ascent of the Polish Route on Annapurna I. |
| 17 | Keith Waugh was armed with only the vaguest canine knowledge when he took the first steps along his career path . |
| 18 | Chris Broad looked set for a good knock as he crashed the first four of the day … but Gloucestershire then got themselves into trouble against the bowling of Gordon Harris … |
| 19 | Middle of the following week and we got the first reconciliation yesterday . |
| 20 | From this vantage point they were to keep up a steady rifle fire on the sepoys advancing over the open ground until they heard the first ringing of the Church bell . |
| 21 | Hertz confirmed Maxwell 's theory when he detected the first radio waves . |
| 22 | Mrs Elliott broke new ground when she became the first woman solicitor in the firm about 15 years ago . |
| 23 | She re-read the previous page , but by the time she 'd got to the bottom again it made as little sense as it had the first time . |
| 24 | Fenella must have heard me , as she appeared at her door as I reached the first landing . |
| 25 | The voice held the same polite incredulity as it had the first time . |
| 26 | The waves seemed to increase in size as we passed the first section of headland , continuing to smash with awesome power to our right , too close to our right ! |
| 27 | For somewhat different reasons in each case , there is not entailment between I chose the first rose on the list and I chose the first flower on the list , nor between Mary was disappointed to receive a rose and Mary was disappointed to receive a flower ( perhaps she was expecting an orchid ? ) . |
| 28 | It took another five days of route-marching before they heard the first sound of artillery fire , could smell the trenches and therefore knew they must be approaching the front . |
| 29 | HER knees felt weak and butterflies flocked into her stomach as she felt the first hot flush of teenage love . |
| 30 | The hero was being filmed taking his 10-month-old baby to the pool when he gets the first indication he is going to be threatened . |