Example sentences of "the [noun] [vb past] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The ropes took the first opportunity of falling into the waterfall and freezing solid , bending at unpredictable angles , more or less imitating wire hawser . |
| 2 | But in these nursery nests , the kittens took the first nipple they came across , regardless of whether it was in a familiar position on the female 's belly , or even which belly it was . |
| 3 | The case marked the first use of the Organized Crime Control Act of New York State in connection with fraud on Wall Street 's financial markets . |
| 4 | AT the end of last month the University received the first information from the UFC on its recurrent grant and funded student numbers for 1992/93 . |
| 5 | A customer returns a skirt because the zip broke the first time she wore it . |
| 6 | The accord marked the first application of the so-called " Brady plan " designed to encourage voluntary debt reduction schemes [ see pp. 36541-42 ; 37016-17 ] . |
| 7 | The law upheld the first system as long as the aristocracy was supreme . |
| 8 | Rothstein deemed that the Act violated the First Amendment 's guarantee of freedom of expression , and stated that " in order for the flag to endure as a symbol of freedom in this nation , we must protect with equal vigour the right to destroy it and the right to wave it " . |
| 9 | It does seem however , from the evidence of the Australian National University concerning the Gogo lungfish , that a complicated scenario arose where other techniques of air-breathing occurred accidentally , and that air-sac creatures invaded freshwater habitats while the diaphragm-breathers became the first land inhabitants . |
| 10 | In the past , it was thought that language began when the child uttered the first word , but we now know that it begins with the first interactions and communication shortly after birth . |
| 11 | The Institute introduced the first video package in 1982 and currently has eight titles available for sale . |
| 12 | In the autumn of 1929 the USSR became the first state to break the illusions created by the Kellogg-Briand pact by unleashing its Special Far Eastern Army upon the Manchurian nationalists , who rashly thought they could put an end to Soviet control of the Chinese Eastern Railway . |
| 13 | England 's record try-scorer held off his tackler , fed younger brother Tony on the loop and the 24-year-old celebrated the first brother partnership in an England line-up for 54 years by scoring in the left-hand corner . |
| 14 | In the same area , tribes such as the Zuni and the Hopi built the first apartment houses in the USA . |
| 15 | The team won the first leg 2-1 and drew the second leg in Belfast on Wednesday night to qualify for the first round of the tournament . |
| 16 | The banks approved the first outline of the proposals in October , but detailed work on the final draft has been going on since then . |
| 17 | The owners paid the first instalment on April 28 , 1972 . |
| 18 | King said : ‘ We got to the byline a lot on Friday which is always encouraging but too often the ball hit the first defender . |
| 19 | The axeman wore the first beard of a boy and had big ears that stuck through his hair . |
| 20 | Many of the families spent the first night huddled together in the open but tradition maintains that no one suffered as much as a common cold . |
| 21 | In his Autumn Statement ( p 124 ) , the Chancellor of the Exchequer raised the first year capital allowance for plant and machinery ( excluding cars ) to 40% for 12 months from 1 November 1992 and introduced an initial allowance of 20% for industrial and agricultural buildings where contracts are placed before 31 October 1993 and they are brought into use before the end of 1994 . |
| 22 | The youngest BCRS member , 3-year-old Daisy Nottingham 's look of horror as the train entered the first tunnel . |
| 23 | The headmaster made the first speech , flags flew , the town band played a medley of the tunes of the old Ukraine , a hymn was sung . |
| 24 | The Government announced the first payment in BT3 will be 150p per share with a minimum of 120 shares with the second instalment 140p in a bid to ensure a spectacular success for the sale which closes at 10am on July 14 . |
| 25 | The Government took the first step to outlawing the station by writing to the European Commission and to Red Hot Television , which broadcasts from Denmark , reporting the ban . |
| 26 | The ref said the first time the ball was n't on the spot properly so the kick had to be retaken . |
| 27 | Approximately half the respondents described the first stage of the process : how interest in attending courses arose . |
| 28 | Nutty did not take in much of what the Sergeant said the first night . |
| 29 | Detective Inspector Milsom said quietly , ‘ Because the doctor laid the first slice of the fillet — the piece that you do n't give to guests — to one side of the carving dish … |
| 30 | She and the children inhabited the first landing , which was brightly decorated , and clean . |