Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] up [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | After staging several provocative manoeuvres in Vilnius , the newly arrived Soviet paratroopers on Jan. 11 occupied the headquarters of the Lithuanian Defence Council , a government department set up as a first step towards establishing an independent Lithuanian army . |
| 2 | A long way off down the hill smoke drifted up from the first stubble-burning of the autumn . |
| 3 | A bare wood staircase led up to the first floor , which comprised a bathroom and two bedrooms . |
| 4 | And as the bridal couple stood up for the first dance , she felt the enormous gulf between their obvious carefree happiness and her present misery . |
| 5 | In 1978 fog at Heathrow airport prevented me from flying to referee the first ever game between France and Russia , and in 1981 a leg injury picked up in the First Test prevented me refereeing the Second Test between France and New Zealand . |