Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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1 | Should they attempt to influence the bishops , Archbishop Felici warned them on the first day of the new session , they would lose their privileges , a threat that caused considerable resentment as much among the fathers as among their advisers . |
2 | In 1939 appointment to the Disney chair of archaeology distinguished her as the first woman professor in the university . |
3 | In a nasty , but highly entertaining tirade , one of the more perceptive remarks was that if it was n't for The Wedding Present , Ukrainian music would be confined solely to Blue Peter specials ; surely one of the main reasons the band did it in the first place . |
4 | Then , with the notion of what a girl with such a name must be like firm in her mind , she made this heroine of hers arrive somewhere and without delay put her into the first of a series of conflicts with , behind them , a gradually increasing aura of mystery . |
5 | Then Folly reached the top of the steps , and the woman noticed her for the first time . |
6 | ‘ Why do you think your father left them in the first place ? ’ |
7 | The quarrel between faith and unbelief touched him for the first time and unsettled his mind . |