Example sentences of "[noun prp] and [adj] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Johnny Lazar steps off the plane from the States and one of the first things he sees in London is a gangland killing … happens all the time . |
| 2 | Johnny Lazar steps off the plane from the States and one of the first things he sees in London is a gangland killing … happens all the time . |
| 3 | Johnny Lazar steps off the plane from the States and one of the first things he sees in London is a gangland killing … happens all the time . |
| 4 | Bernie Grant , representing Tottenham in the borough of Haringey and one of the first black MPs , was unequivocal and unambiguous in his opposition from the very start . |
| 5 | Such was his reputation that 2,000 people attended his funeral in Russia and one of the first statues in St Paul 's Cathedral in London was not of a sovereign , statesman or saint — but a simple , teetotal , vegetarian traveller who , as the inscription notes : |
| 6 | Vicente Gomes da Silva , born on 12 March 1827 , was the first commercial photographer in Madeira and one of the first in Portugal . |
| 7 | Graham Tregidon became WRU president at the annual general meeting in June and one of the first things he did was go into print in the next issue of the union 's newsletter to plead unity . |