Example sentences of "saw the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The war brought , however , a number of naval victories and 1740 saw the first performance of Rule Britannia , which soon acquired the status of a second national anthem . |
| 2 | I know people imagined I was much older than I was when they saw the first film because some newspapers referred to me as ‘ the Old Lady of the Dales ’ . |
| 3 | Indeed , as Maxine Berg has well explained , a feature of those same closing decades which saw the first cotton mills was the spread of such manufactures . |
| 4 | A micro-second after he saw the first flash , the bullet which had come from it was embedding itself in his skull . |
| 5 | The 8th July , coinciding with the start of BR 's summer timetable , saw the first day of four train operation . |
| 6 | 1982 saw the first publication of the autumn statement , which can be taken to refer to both the publication and the Chancellor 's oral statement ( see Economic Progress Report 153 , HM Treasury , January 1983 ) . |
| 7 | The 30 September also saw the first session of a specially created presidential Commission for Restitution . |
| 8 | When asked what use it was , Franklin gave the same reply as when he saw the first balloon ascent in 1783 … ’ |
| 9 | In 1965 and 1967 Medau was included in the Leeds Festival of Movement and Dance , and 1967 also saw the first Easter Course in Leeds , which for the next decade established the pattern of alternate years in the South and Leeds . |
| 10 | In the summer of the same year that saw the first air mail service across Western Canada I met Hollick-Kenyon by arrangement in New York . |
| 11 | Cargill Agriculture 's Cambridgeshire-based Philip Simpson saw the first sample of Torrent a week ago . |
| 12 | I only saw the first page which , in case you 've forgotten the system , shows the subject 's photograph , age , length of time spent in the employ of the company , when he — or she — joined us , when he — or she — left us . |
| 13 | 4 May also saw the first sortie by 69 Squadron 's latest addition — a photo-reconnaissance Hurricane . |
| 14 | 1991 saw the first time that the Open School was able to run a summer holiday programme which culminated in the performance of dance , music and drama work done by the children . |
| 15 | Yesterday saw the first meeting of North Essex Health Authority , which replaces the consortium made up of the old north east , mid and west Essex district health authorities . |
| 16 | Armistice day 1921 saw the first poppy day appeal , sponsored by the British Legion . |
| 17 | He saw the first group of storm-troopers in the forest to his left . |
| 18 | Labourer Nick Stylianou , 26 , was repairing paving stones when he saw the first bomb explode . |
| 19 | One survivor says : ‘ When I saw the first bomb fall , I knew that it was going to be a bad day for America ’ . |
| 20 | He moved as soon as he saw the first bead of sweat break on her pallid face , and then he was almost too late . |
| 21 | Brighton also saw the first appearance of the latest new range from Lyles called Heather Mist . |
| 22 | A young buck private saw the first body as they approached the village . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's very early days — we only saw the first draft last month and it could be three years before it is implemented . |