Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] [prep] [pos pn] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accordingly , he read arts in his first year ; commerce ( which included accounting , commercial law , political science and a couple of doses of mathematics ) in his second ; arts ( though strangely retaining political science ) for his third and fourth years , to which was added zoology . |
| 2 | And Liberty , which provided Fornasetti with his first outlet in Britain thirty years ago , is staging a selling exhibition in furnishings department from October 2 to November 6 . |
| 3 | Townsend oozed confidence from his first kick to touch , and he agreed after the match that being part of the Scottish squad had done much to sharpen his game . |
| 4 | The newly founded National Anti-Contagious Diseases Acts Association excluded women from its first meeting . |
| 5 | She attracted attention from her first appearances on stage while still a student . |
| 6 | The rock was unusual , but my Boston conglomerate experience helped a lot and the great protection boosted confidence for my first lead of the season . |
| 7 | Although Paisley drove Doherty to his first meeting with Murdoch and Marshall , there is no evidence that he was himself involved in the discussions . |
| 8 | Mount Fuji , Japan , was the scene of the final act as Japan played host to its first World Championship Grand Prix . |
| 9 | Mr Hooker estimates that 12 years ago , when he paid £1.50 for his first grip , there were up to 100 collectors of whom he knew a couple of dozen . |
| 10 | In 1981 he skippered Harrogate to their first Yorkshire Cup victory for 17 years and coached them back to cup-winning form when they beat Otley in the final at Morley last April . |
| 11 | In 1981 he skippered Harrogate to their first Yorkshire Cup victory for 17 years and coached them back to cup-winning form when they beat Otley in the final at Morley last April . |
| 12 | When Mr Cod was a puppy , Simon Cowell , the man who signed Sinitta to her first recording deal , bought her a Yorkshire Terrier to keep Mr Cod company . |
| 13 | Look at Tradecraft , for example , who recently raised £300,000 on its first share issue , and then £1,000,000 on its second . ’ |
| 14 | Almost 60,000 readers took part in our first poll . |
| 15 | GRAHAM Taylor was down to the bare bones today when only 14 of his England squad took part in his first Bisham training session before next week 's critical World Cup clash against Poland . |
| 16 | Putting his left arm round Donald 's shoulder , he took advantage of his first relaxation from the spasm of pain , to raise the glass to his lips , push his head back and , as if he were administering medicine to Maisie , roll the fluid past the perfectly kept teeth . |
| 17 | ‘ Absolutely staggering ’ was how Wright viewed Wearside on her first visit . |
| 18 | It was unquestionably the worst Cabinet meeting that took place in our first period of office . |
| 19 | In addition to Stewart , Russell , Kuruppu and Tillekaratne , Asanka Gurusinha kept wicket in his first Test match against Pakistan at Karachi in November 1985 . |
| 20 | Twenty-five years ago the Royal Air Force took delivery of its first Hercules Aircraft , and since then it 's proved its worth time and time again . |
| 21 | She , of course , knew Paul in his first parish at St Simeon 's at Narborough . |
| 22 | I suspect the left hook with which he floored Ali in their first bout and the controversy aroused when referee Harry Gibbs decided Bugner had outpointed him will remain important entries in British boxing long after the widely-publicised arguments between Eubank and Benn have faded from memory . |
| 23 | Paul , 33 , an accountant , had a brief affair shortly after his wife gave birth to their first child . |
| 24 | Nijkamp of the Netherlands spent the previous night in a Paris hospital as his wife gave birth to their first child , got back at 5am for some sleep and went on to paddle to last place . |
| 25 | A similar message was given by Trevor Pedley from Dudley whose wife Christine gave birth to their first child at the weekend . |
| 26 | There , on 17 June , Constanze gave birth to her first child , a boy , named Raimund Leopold in honour of his godfather , Baron Raimund Wezlar , and his grandfather . |
| 27 | The North Shields Polytechnic athlete , who finished third in the 200 metres final in the 1989 UK Championships , gave birth to her first child , Victoria , on Monday . |
| 28 | Mrs Sharon Smith gave birth to her first baby , a son named Oliver , 28 hours after being admitted to the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester in June . |
| 29 | Whilst her husband , Captain Sherwood , was serving in India , she there gave birth to her first son , Henry , who did not long survive . |
| 30 | Later generations of the family spoke English as their first language and went over to the Anglican church . |