Example sentences of "and [noun prp] [vb past] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amy nodded , her eyes like saucers , and Kathleen remembered the first time she had worked in A and E. |
| 2 | In 1964 Norah and Jean started the first Surrey regional training course . |
| 3 | But Nicholas Knight and Don Topley got the target down to six off the last over , and Knight hit the first ball into the crowd . |
| 4 | He then made two transfer requests and Wilkinson seized the first opportunity he could to unload the controversial star . |
| 5 | He quirked a dark brow , his eyes lingering with open appreciation on her slim figure in the silky pale green dress , and Fran felt the first whisper of heat run along her veins . |
| 6 | He grinned at her , his fleshy lips curled into a knowing line , and Fran felt the first stirrings of anger damp down on the fear . |
| 7 | Between them , Whitaker and Coburn devised the first episode 's opening in an English school . |
| 8 | Secretary of Transportation Samuel Skinner refused to declare an emergency , under which a 60-day cooling-off period , would have been imposed and Bush became the first President to reject the advice of the National Mediation Board when he declined to intervene . |
| 9 | And Britain announced the first licence awards for North Sea Oil and Gas ’ . |
| 10 | This is when the pattern-cutting started and Amy produced the first calico toile . |
| 11 | The 1750s marked an important transition , as works by such men as Duncombe and Ballard celebrated the achievements of women writers , and Colman and Thornton published the first edition of Poems by Eminent Ladies . |
| 12 | While he was away being x-rayed , Crowe and Rutherford raised the first half-century stand of the match within 80 minutes , scoring faster than in the earlier stages of the game . |