Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [verb] the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I paid the first fine that I ever did . |
| 2 | He raised the bone knife to the wooden lips and she felt the first gentle cut . |
| 3 | This time his kiss was a little more forceful , it lasted longer , and she felt the first light outbreak of heat on his skin . |
| 4 | At this point it is sufficient to state that the estimates are based on high quality data supplied by The Scotch Whisky Association 's nine largest companies and they provide the first published attempt to quantify the wider economic significance of this important industry . |
| 5 | But , in his favour , Haig strongly advocated Foch 's appointment as generalissimo in 1918 , and he handled the last British actions of the war with resolution and thoroughness . |
| 6 | Jackson 's next work , An Essay on Bread ( 1758 ) , defended bakers and millers against malpractice charges levelled by Peter Markham [ q.v. ] and Joseph Manning , and it represents the first reliable book on the chemical detection of food adulteration . |
| 7 | At the time of writing I have not been able to hear any of the discs , but they include the first integral recording of the ten Mahler Symphonies complete sets of Brahms , Beethoven and Shostakovich , Stravinsky , Gershwin and Copland , plus concertos with Serkin , Stern and Francescatti . |
| 8 | He was elected for Cardiganshire in 1885 , but he opposed the first Irish Home Rule Bill introduced by W. E. Gladstone in June 1886 . |