Example sentences of "[subord] it [vb past] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Car 2 was presented to the National Tramway Museum at Crich in 1963 , where it became the first car there to move under power in June 1964 . |
| 2 | ‘ It would bore the rest of the company even more than it did the first time . ’ |
| 3 | The birth of Jesus thus came to be regarded as dividing time into two parts , because it ended the first phase of the divine purpose and initiated the second . |
| 4 | His time at Newcastle gave him the unique opportunity to take the building society into Europe when it became the first UK society to offer a full range of services on the mainland of Europe on opening a branch in Gibraltar in 1990 . |
| 5 | I did n't enjoy it when it happened the first time . |
| 6 | The voice held the same polite incredulity as it had the first time . |
| 7 | She re-read the previous page , but by the time she 'd got to the bottom again it made as little sense as it had the first time . |
| 8 | He hugged himself against the sudden freezing wind then scrambled to his feet as it whipped the first drops of rain through the open door . |