Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [prep] [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plans agreed on by the first meeting included a shopping trip to Holland to visit a shop which sells outsize jeans and sweat-shirts and another to Germany to a shop which claims to sell the biggest size shoes in the world . |
| 2 | The curriculum laid down for the first time what pupils should learn in 10 subjects . |
| 3 | This example of evaluation is related to the parameters laid down in the first part of the chapter . |
| 4 | Each of these clear days of scattered apple and white pear tree blossom moved inexorably towards the first day when they set out without books and came home in the evening showing the pink or blue papers they had tested themselves against in the examination hall . |
| 5 | The police moved in during the first half and then at half-time as a mob of Englishmen taunted and threatened Spanish fans in Santander . |
| 6 | The Cristo Chapel , built soon after the first landing in the fifteenth century , was rebuilt during the sixteenth century and again in 1883 . |
| 7 | ‘ She received a very serious wound to the stomach and two slashes to her arm , apparently inflicted as she staggered away after the first attack . |
| 8 | Skipper Chris Dickson feathered the mainsail up the first weather leg so that navigator Erle could jury rig a new mainsheet arrangement before the load came back on the boom as the boat bore away around the first mark . |
| 9 | The Brook flows under the shops opposite , built just before the First World War . |
| 10 | On a nod from Richie , Patrick left them to it and moved over to the first tee . |
| 11 | I bought myself some fruit and wandered over to the first tee where Brian Harley was about to drive off . |
| 12 | The drummer gave a few bangs on his big drum , the accordionist struck up a lively tune and the procession moved off to the first house . |
| 13 | Maloney said : ‘ If we have to fight Tucker we will , but I 've got Alex Stewart lined up for the first defence . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Piece of cake , ’ Nails agreed as they lined up for the first time on the pool edge . |
| 15 | Also , because the rats ’ behaviour changed immediately after the first reinforcement trial , Tolman argued that the results obtained could only occur if the rats had earlier developed a cognitive map , that is the mental representation of the particular special arrangement of the maze . |
| 16 | Cutting that over the numbers had me down and stopped well before the first intersection , a distance of around 400 metres , and I could have done much better if I 'd heaved on the brakes , which are single Goodyear discs with excellent stopping power . |
| 17 | I nearly crashed twice in the first lap . |
| 18 | It was developed and used primarily during the First World War as a means of preventing dogs , used in the trenches as messengers and for other activities , from betraying their positions by a casual bark . |
| 19 | I remember he laughed and I noticed properly for the first time what a lovely blue his eyes were and a little thrill went through me . |
| 20 | It was on this trip that a remarkable partnership came together for the first time . |
| 21 | Four of the five protagonists of this story — Greco-Macedonians , Romans , Jews and Celts — came together for the first time in the Hellenistic period . |
| 22 | ‘ Greed came in for the first time . |
| 23 | If you remember your , from , from your history at school the , the , the first world war the Americans in the historic role of arriving at wars rather late erm came in to the first world war to win it for us erm and after it President Wilson who used to be professor of politics at Princeton , just put that in , er President Wilson created , essentially cos we were all bankrupt at the time as usual er the Americans the only ones who had any money left at the end of the wars , erm President Wilson helped to create the League of Nations , the forerunner of the United Nations but the U S senate refused to ratify the agreement . |
| 24 | Susan came downstairs for the first time on Christmas Eve , and was genuinely delighted to see how pretty Breeze had made the sombre old dining-room . |
| 25 | Instead , a message came through during the first part of the show that Sigourney loved Julian , and was asking specifically to be seated next to him . |
| 26 | As expected , Tadpole Technology plc , the UK company that took itself off to Austin , Texas , and came up with the first notebook computer based on Sun Microsystems Inc 's Sparc RISC chip and Unix , has decided the time is right to bring its Sparcbook 1 back to Europe ( UX No 371 ) . |
| 27 | The portal was commissioned by Gaston IV , the then Count of Béarn , when he came back from the First Crusade . |
| 28 | Treleaven strolled out for the first play-off hole , the par-four 10th , and saw off all opposition with a birdie three on the second most difficult hole on the course . |
| 29 | Once again he blasted out at the first attempt , reeling back amid a cloud of sand and covering his eyes . |
| 30 | Guillimont equalised midway through the first half from the penalty spot , while Manor were unlucky not to regain the lead when the referee blew for half-time just before a Lee Clutterbuck shot crossed the line . |