Example sentences of "[art] [num ord] [noun sg] [vb past] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sixteenth edition contained the first of the Phoenix schedules . |
| 2 | And before those following could rein in and look for cover , or dismount and string their bows , or drive headlong into the trees from which their death was launched , the second volley followed the first . |
| 3 | Said , alright , I said the first week said the first week I said , then it 'll |
| 4 | ( 6 ) In August 1983 the third defendant claimed from C.M.C. a commission of £16,000 for himself and £8,000 for Highdene in respect of certain commercial arrangements , not involving the bakery , negotiated between C.M.C. and B.M.T. It is said that this claim led the other directors of C.M.C. to investigate the third defendant 's activities and to dismiss him as a director of C.M.C. ( 7 ) Between May and July 1983 the third defendant caused the first plaintiff to sign in blank some cheques drawn on C.M.C. 's bank account by fraudulently representing that these cheques would be used to pay small and urgent bills of C.M.C. It is said that in fact the third defendant used six of these cheques to pay to himself and certain other parties sums amounting to about £30,000 , allegedly in connection with the financing of the centre . |
| 5 | The sky above them lit again , and the next rumble produced the first spattering of rain . |
| 6 | The next year brought the first indications of the troubles which were eventually to lead to the Goldsmiths ' abandonment of the School a decade later . |