Example sentences of "who [verb] it [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , his pulse does race , but mostly , he says , ‘ with admiration for the medieval masons and carpenters who built it in the first place ’ . |
| 2 | In Germany the privilege of driving it was handed to Mario Andretti who crashed it on the first lap . |
| 3 | This majestic sight , glimpsed through undulating woldland patchwork , or from the flatter marshland , entices all strangers who behold it for the first time to come and investigate the town further ; to discover its rich history and its modern enchantment . |
| 4 | The strange fragrance was stronger now , coming over the top of the rise in a wave of scent that struck him powerfully — as the scent of orange-blossom in the Mediterranean strikes a traveller who smells it for the first time . |
| 5 | If a newspaper publishes a defamatory statement , it can not shift all the blame to the person who uttered it in the first place . |