Example sentences of "they [vb past] the first [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But once over the bridge they met the first vehicles of a German column and the Commando force were scattered . |
| 2 | Could n't believe it when they got the first goal after ten seconds |
| 3 | The triggers for Britain 's nuclear bombs were tested within their thick concrete walls and they housed the first experiments into radar.The buildings , on a remote spit of land on the Suffolk coast , may not be the oldest but they are certainly among the most historic and sinister in the ownership of the National Trust.They are on Orford Ness , a desolate wildlife haven , which has become the Trust 's latest acquisition at a cost of £3.5 million.Yesterday , in pouring rain and silence broken only by the eerie shriek of gulls , the buildings were shown to journalists for what is thought to be the first time since they were erected.Strands of barbed wire and a Ministry of Defence ‘ keep out ’ notice are now the only remaining evidence of the tight security , overseen by armed guards , which surrounded one of Britain 's most secret research establishments . |
| 4 | 13–6–1866 They appointed the first Sabbath in August for the dispensation of the Lord 's Supper and remonstrated with the Kirk Session in Kilmeny who had chosen the same day for their celebration . |
| 5 | They dominated the first quarter of the match with Raducanu plundering some tidy line-out ball . |
| 6 | They awarded the first prize for the block plan design to Crepinet , the second to William Hastings of Belfast and the third to Morgan and Phipson . |
| 7 | It took another five days of route-marching before they heard the first sound of artillery fire , could smell the trenches and therefore knew they must be approaching the front . |
| 8 | From this vantage point they were to keep up a steady rifle fire on the sepoys advancing over the open ground until they heard the first ringing of the Church bell . |
| 9 | Fifteen Associates , plus two from each of the Irish and Scottish Institutes , travelled to Frankfurt , where they spent the first week of the ninth German Banking Study Tour . |
| 10 | He got up and went back down the stairs , going out into the gathering darkness , across the priory grounds behind the chapel from where he could hear the sweet , melodious chant of the nuns as they sang the first psalm of Compline . |
| 11 | They planted the first device in a West End store packed with Christmas shoppers and the second in a nearby square where the evacuees were expected to gather . |
| 12 | They took the first turning after the hotel and began to climb towards the Jenner Clinic . |
| 13 | If I sounded dubious about The Smiths , it 's because they represented the first threat to us . ’ |
| 14 | The significance of the Societies survived their failure ; they represented the first attempt to interest public opinion in the reform of the traditional structure of Spanish society . |
| 15 | When they reached the first sight of the city , it is recorded , Jesus wept , exclaiming : ‘ O , Jerusalem , Jerusalem , how often would I have gathered thy children , as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings , and ye would not . ’ |
| 16 | They climbed until they reached the first pocket of snow , which lay in a long , dark slash on the mountain 's side . |
| 17 | BALLYNAHINCH 'S pack dominated the opening exchanges and made their intentions known when they won the first scrum against the head . |
| 18 | Born of Dilga , the Earth Mother , they fashioned the first genitals from the magic fungus for the hitherto sexless and infertile humans who had aimlessly wandered the earth . |