Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [verb] the first [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To tie in , the BFI have launched the first of four booklets to accompany the first four movies named in the series , THE WIZARD OF OZ , DOUBLE INDEMNITY , STAGECOACH and WENT THE DAY WELL . |
| 2 | Taylor , from Birkenhead , Merseyside , struck one prison officer , taking his keys , and within minutes the rioters had erected the first of a labyrinth of barricades and begun systematically destroying the chapel . |
| 3 | Shetland 's rabbits have become the first in history to evolve without tails , after a bounty of 25p was offered for every tail that hunters could produce . |
| 4 | One of the region 's police forces has become the first in the country to use mobile cameras in an effort to trap speeding drivers . |
| 5 | Given that she 'd nothing in particular to gain , the chances seemed to favour the first of these options . |