Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [verb] [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | H. P. I 've seen inspectors go round the police huts and examine the First Aid Kit . |
2 | Robyn raised the glass to her lips and took a first sip ; she had a feeling that counting to ten was not going to work , but she tried it all the same . |
3 | Later Caroline specialised in Special Needs classes and introduced the first class to help stroke victims . |
4 | Taking our places under the lights and feeling the first twinges of nervousness , we watched the cameras moving into position . |
5 | Chairman David Nairn thanked Grant for the open manner with which he had answered these questions and brought the first day 's business proceedings to and end . |
6 | Given that for every person who attends live opera , at least 1,000 more buy and enjoy reading poetry , will the Minister change his priorities and become the first legislator to acknowledge the unacknowledged legislators of the world ? |
7 | The drive is lined all the way by graceful lime trees and provides the first hint as to the verity of Tennyson 's description of Gunby Hall in a poem dated 1849 , where he describes it was a ‘ haunt of ancient peace ’ . |
8 | Two months later Deborah passed the Pony Rider tests and became the first Brownie in the Pack to win the badge with the pony on it . |
9 | His ‘ Wares had left their billets and accomplished the first part of the plan , leaving some of their number behind to allay suspicions . |
10 | Like the 41-foot tree trunk under which Hippocrates , the father of medicine , was said to have made the world 's first diagnoses and issued the first prescriptions . |
11 | In chapter 3 , we examine the emergence of the first handheld CD-ROM systems and preview the first palmtop CD-I player , due for launch in 1992 . |
12 | But when Mr Cheng looked at his papers and asked the first question , Hassan closed his eyes . |
13 | Stirling himself spent a lot of time in Cairo wheedling supplies and planning the first operation . |