Example sentences of "who [verb] [adj] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | St Andrews-born Andy Thomson and his England international colleague , Gary Smith , produced the quickest win of the day , needing just 14 ends to secure a straight sets win over Welsh pair Colin Edwards and Ieuan Terry , who led 3-2 in the first set but never scored again as their opponents recovered to win 7-3 , 7-0 , 7-0 . |
| 2 | But Harris , who made 47 in the first innings and Puddle who promoted himself in the batting order had other ideas . |
| 3 | Burnell toiled to a 75 , while Hutt , who birdied two of the first three holes after lunch , then took seven at the 4th , including two penalty strokes from grounding his club in a water hazard . |
| 4 | And the other men saw him , and some would have sniggered at the fall that would follow such arrogance , and a few would have suffered in the knowledge that defiance brings only pain and punishment , and for one or two or three the young man who ambled erect in the first rank was a donor of comfort . |
| 5 | Surprisingly , it was her grandmother , Ruth , Lady Fermoy , a lady-in-waiting to the Queen Mother , who sounded one of the first notes of caution . |
| 6 | ‘ The chairman has received many letters , as have I , from MPs and people in the local community who see this as the first need for the force . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ The chairman has received many letters , as have I , from MPs and people in the local community who see this as the first need for the force . ’ |