Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] [coord] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Umayyads were finally overthrown and the first Abbasid , Abul-Abbas , took the throne . |
| 2 | Collections for medical supplies were also undertaken and the first British Medical Unit of doctors and nurses , organized by the Spanish Medical Aid Committee , left for Spain as early as August 1936 . |
| 3 | The motion was unanimously adopted and the first meeting of the syndicat took place on 4 November 1882 when twenty-two houses were represented . |
| 4 | Moscow , 700 miles ( 1,000km ) from the border , was almost reached but the first snows slowed the Germans who , at the end of November , froze 20 miles ( 30+km ) west of Moscow , and by December the Russian front ran 2,000 miles ( 3,200km ) from Leningrad to the Caucasus . |
| 5 | On 8 July 1964 this airport was officially opened and the first commercial flight arrived in Madeira , bringing eighty passengers and taking away sixty-six . |