Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [adv prt] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | LAST year , when the Dublin Tornadoes played the Belfast Spartans , the Tornadoes went 13–0 up in the first two minutes of the game before the Spartans fought back to win 16–13 . |
| 2 | This year the Tornadoes again went 13–0 up in the first two minutes . |
| 3 | This dread of receiving a telegram was something our parents knew all about from the First World War , and here was history repeating itself . |
| 4 | After the morning foursomes had been shared , Yorkshire took a firm grip on the proceedings when they won five out of the first six afternoon singles but then the young players took a hand . |
| 5 | And last time they were involved in a shoot-out , against Notts County in the Zenith Data last year , they missed three out of the first four . |