Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was just around this stage that I became aware of the first footman beside me , who whispered : ‘ Miss Kenton would like a word with you , sir . |
| 2 | ‘ Needless to say , there were plenty of takers when I offered a small wager — but a few worried expressions when I scored five in the first seven games ! |
| 3 | ‘ With Amber I felt sick for the first five months , ’ she says . |
| 4 | I was just remarking the other day , I think I brought one of the first Land Rovers to the borders from Edinburgh . |
| 5 | I went back to the Knitmaster with a 302 , then a 321 and through the gamut until I had one of the first Electronic 500 models ; still with that , I bought a push button Brother for the lace , then the 840 , and 910 and finally the 950i — now I have that and the Passap Duomatic 80 . |
| 6 | I missed most of the first war with him actually . |
| 7 | ‘ I sometimes wonder why you became involved in the first place . ’ |
| 8 | By the early 1640s she had moved to London and begun a religious quest in pursuit of whose ends she became involved with the first Quakers in 1654 . |
| 9 | She became one of the first women fellows in 1919 , when women were finally admitted . |
| 10 | In October 1871 she became one of the first five students at Newnham College , Cambridge , founded by Henry Sidgwick [ q.v. ] with Anne Clough [ q.v. ] , a Bulley family friend , in charge . |
| 11 | She opened one of the first child welfare clinics in the country , and ran a working men 's club . |
| 12 | Driving a Mitsubishi with friend Silka Fritzinger , She finished 27th after the first day . |
| 13 | She looked interested for the first time . |
| 14 | How did you say you felt free for the first time in your life ? |
| 15 | She felt giddy with the first intake of smoke , but suddenly saw how to make a whole of the face . |
| 16 | She held one of the first Beit research fellowships ( 1910–14 ) , and worked at the Lister Institute for Preventive Medicine with ( Sir ) Arthur Harden [ q.v . ] . |
| 17 | Yeah well , you see , we found that for the first three or four years now they 've gradually dropped off a bit , but they did used to , I mean they still come , but it |
| 18 | I live in Galway and have been supporting Leeds since 1977–1978 when I think we finished 5th in the first , endured the bad 80 's and have mostly enjoyed the 90's though a couple more trophies would n't go astray . |
| 19 | Villa began the afternoon where they finished in May , one rung above the relegation places , although this time last year they stood fifth in the First Division . |
| 20 | As The Lord of the Rings was coming to the end of its gestation it became possible for the first time for political leaders to say they wanted nothing and make it come true . |
| 21 | From there , he became involved with the first commercial bungee jumping company , and brought the idea back home . |
| 22 | He became one of the first football commentators on radio , copying the urgent , excitable American style of the ‘ gee-whizzers ’ , earning himself the nickname of ‘ By Jove ’ Allison on the way . |
| 23 | Sony Corp appointed Michael Schulhof , now vice-chairman of Sony USA Inc , to the post of president and chief executive of its US unit , which will be renamed Sony Corp of America : Schulhof joined Sony in 1974 after a mainly academic career as a physicist and worked on the development of the compact disk ; in 1989 , he became one of the first Americans to be appointed to the board of a major Japanese company . |
| 24 | He became one of the first Conceptual artists and among the first to draw his imagery from television , movies , newspapers and advertising . |
| 25 | He became one of the first Whitworth scholars in 1875 and completed his education at King 's College , University of London . |
| 26 | He became one of the first to benefit from the plastic surgery techniques pioneered by Sir Archibald |
| 27 | He became communicative for the first time . |
| 28 | Piaget 's work is important because it provided one of the first developmental accounts of the emergence of logical thought . |
| 29 | Alvaro Arzú was the former mayor of Guatemala City and co-founder with Alvaro Heredia ( the acting mayor ) of the right-wing National Advancement Party ( PAN ) , as whose candidate he came fourth in the first round of the election . |
| 30 | He collected four of the first five wickets and , on the day , had figures of 11–7–8–4 . |