Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [verb] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.

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31 Tobin was completely out of it and Wallace disappeared after the first 10 minutes .
32 ‘ What had to be done has been done and Cottee trained with the first team squad .
33 With the widespread translation of Early Irish stories into English around the turn of the century a younger generation of Irishmen and women discovered for the first time a fresh and potent source of images to define their sense of nationality .
34 Auriol and Biasion tore through the first four special stages to take a commanding lead .
35 On Feb. 14 , however , Nichol met representatives of the Association of Chief Ambulance Officers , and on Feb. 20 management and unions met for the first time since October in a session with the Advisory , Conciliation and Arbitration Service ( ACAS ) .
36 All telescopes and binoculars swivelled at the first shout of ‘ Merlin ! ’ and trained on the dashing raptor .
37 The broadcasting ‘ liberalization ’ phase under ‘ Chaban ’ had ended : the broadcasting law of July 1972 had distinguished between the state monopoly of radio and television broadcasting and the public organization ( ORTF ( entrusted with the monopoly ; the same law increased — on paper — the autonomy of ORTF and the powers of the ‘ MD ’ who became in addition chairman of the board of directors ( 'PDG' ) ; but conflicts arose between the first ‘ PDG ’ , Arthur Conte , and the Information Minister , Philippe Malaud .
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