Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [verb] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.

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1 The champagne reception — at which Kylie began to demonstrate for the first time a new found confidence with both press and public — also gave them the perfect opportunity to milk their golden child 's latest achievement , three UK gold discs for ‘ Kylie ’ the LP , and the singles ‘ I Should Be So Lucky ’ and ‘ Got To Be Certain ’ .
2 After a year at Oxford University , Edward went to fight in the First World War .
3 Wright looked acclimatised to the First Division , more so than his partner Bright , who has yet to score this season .
4 The silver-framed photograph of Philippe Chaumont had appeared for the first time since he had known Chantal .
5 Turakina had known from the first how he would react , but she had pretended resistance for a day and a night before giving her consent .
6 Although January had ended with the first significant ground fighting of the war — the Iraqi offensive against Khafji — the Iraqi forces made no further offensive moves , and the allies continued with the air assault which they had begun on Jan. 17 .
7 The dangerous logic of events was leading to a predictable conclusion , though Sarah and Coleridge had met for the first time only nine days before and were of fundamentally different temperaments , she sharp-tongued , humorous and practical , he procrastinating and visionary .
8 The proposals fell far short of arrangements for Palestinian " full autonomy " which Israel had endorsed in the first of the two Camp David agreements signed with Egypt in September 1978 [ see pp. 29654-69 ] .
9 As the sky slowly brightened and they waited , Fleury thought of how he and Harry had waited for the first attack of all at the beginning of June .
10 The supply of domestic staff in Britain had dwindled after the First World War , when former servants found better paid employment for fewer hours ' work in offices and factories .
11 Hunt had to finish in the first three to win the title .
12 Tamas had led in a first round of polling on Dec. 9 , but the result had been declared void because the turnout did not reach the necessary 50 per cent [ see p. 37130 ] .
13 But suppose Lorton had intended from the first to rob Newley , to murder him , and to present the police with a strong case against someone else ?
14 Above him , Jimmy had stopped on the first landing and was looking back .
15 When Gloria had got over the first shock of Saul 's horrifying death , she put the warehouse up for sale , together with the contents of the ship-chandlers shop on the ground floor , confident that she would soon find a purchaser .
16 In early September Collor had summoned for the first time the Council of the Republic , whose remit was to advise the President on action to be taken in a time of deep crisis or emergency , including the declaration of a state of siege if necessary .
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