Example sentences of "and [noun] [vb past] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is thus possible , indeed common , for each of two rival lineages to claim , as the British and Germans did in the First World War , that ‘ God is on our side ’ . |
| 2 | When he and Adenauer met for the first time , de Gaulle records , ‘ We discussed Europe at length . |
| 3 | There were heats , and Jefferson ran in the first . |
| 4 | Sadi Carnot came to the second law of thermodynamics from pondering on the efficiency of an abstract and idealized engine ; and Helmholtz came to the first from considering simple mechanical devices such as trip-hammers driven by water-wheels . |
| 5 | And just six hours after Chris and Heather met for the first time they had decided to get married . |
| 6 | Airdrie and Falkirk clashed in the First Division 's match of the day last Saturday , the home side going ahead through a scrambled goal by Andy Smith in the twenty sixth minute , and it looked like that was going to be enough for two points . |
| 7 | Airdrie and Falkirk clashed in the First Division 's match of the day last Saturday , the home side going ahead through a scrambled goal by Andy Smith in the twenty sixth minute , and it looked like that was going to be enough for two points . |
| 8 | It was day three when I started to haemorrhage and Lee cried for the first time since his brief squawk at the moment of birth . |
| 9 | The independence of the people 's committees was not ultimately compatible with communist rule in north Korea and problems occurred in the first few months of communist dominance . |
| 10 | In 1963 Miles and Haynes met for the first time , in Edinburgh . |
| 11 | There was more in this vein as they turned right , and Mungo realized for the first time that they were actually heading into the forest . |
| 12 | Tobin was completely out of it and Wallace disappeared after the first 10 minutes . |
| 13 | ‘ What had to be done has been done and Cottee trained with the first team squad . |
| 14 | With the widespread translation of Early Irish stories into English around the turn of the century a younger generation of Irishmen and women discovered for the first time a fresh and potent source of images to define their sense of nationality . |
| 15 | Auriol and Biasion tore through the first four special stages to take a commanding lead . |
| 16 | All telescopes and binoculars swivelled at the first shout of ‘ Merlin ! ’ and trained on the dashing raptor . |