Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 31 | Outside in the street I took her hand for the first time . |
| 32 | One day , in Times Square , Dustin looked up and saw his face for the first time on a billboard . |
| 33 | He took his text from the First Book of Samuel : |
| 34 | After a cautious start , Wharton , at 24 , a year younger than the Australian , took his time in the first three minutes before opening up with a series of punches in the next three rounds . |
| 35 | Although the hero met his death within the first 30 pages of the trilogy , the vast and mysterious intricacies of his ‘ Seldon Plan ’ still amazed the reader after 700 . |
| 36 | Yanto reached the end of the rock bridge where it disappeared into the hard sand The walking was now relatively easy as he made his way towards the first of the salmon traps , or kipes as they were called locally . |
| 37 | He made his way across the first set of tracks and reached the tail-end of a dozen coal-laden wagons . |
| 38 | He played for Surrey second XI at 20 and made his debut for the first XI in 1947 , when he played five matches . |
| 39 | Abul Ahsan ( a member of the Bangladesh foreign service ) completed his tenure as the first Secretary-General of SAARC at the end of October 1989 ; his successor , K. K. Bhargava ( India ) , took up the post at the Secretariat in Kathmandu , the capital of Nepal . |
| 40 | Lord Acton gave it expression for the first time in 1887 , in a letter which Tolkien might have been interested enough to read — it is in a strongly anti-Papal context . |
| 41 | He pushed open the door and , as he put his foot on the first step , experienced a revelation comparable to that undergone by Newton in the orchard or Archimedes in his bath . |
| 42 | He put his foot on the first step and paused , listening . ’ |
| 43 | Silicon Amnesia Sir : I bought your magazine for the first time this month and was very annoyed that I have been missing out on an excellent value piece of publishing catering to beginners ( me ) and experienced alike . |
| 44 | This removed our interest in the first phase of the proposed Super-SARA programme . |
| 45 | Hilda left her country for the first time at the age of 63 to talk to human rights organizations , politicians and solidarity groups . |
| 46 | I could never understand why Crusoe left his paradise in the first place ; wild horses would not have dragged me from Juan Fernandez . |
| 47 | Wycliffe left his car on the first car park he came to and walked . |
| 48 | Abel had his workshop on the first and second floors of the tall house and made intricate jewellery which he sold to a shop in Hatton Garden . |
| 49 | We made our way across the first four barges . |
| 50 | As she set her foot on the first one she turned involuntarily and gave one last look at the parade — and started uncomfortably at what she saw . |
| 51 | Some similar process in Ursula presumably explained her willingness for the first time to discuss arrangements for the funeral , which they agreed should be held as soon as possible . |