Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [noun prp] [verb] [art] first " in BNC.

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1 He then made two transfer requests and Wilkinson seized the first opportunity he could to unload the controversial star .
2 Tanturi and Ivy provided the first convincing evidence for the choleretic action of the vagus by showing that stimulation of the distal end of the divided vagus caused increased secretion of bile .
3 Smith became a Carnegie trustee , and it was thanks to the association between the two men that Keighley became the first town in England to acquire a new Carnegie free library .
4 It was a tense match with not much to choose between the two sides until Scotland scored the first try near the end of the first half .
5 BRITAIN 'S Derek Warwick and Mark Blundell backed Frenchman Yannick Dalmas as Peugeot clinched a first ever Le Mans 24hour sportscar race yesterday .
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