Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb past] the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't find the entrance to the restaurant that night for a start , and I spent the first half hour of the evening circling the outside of the building looking for a way in — in full view of all the diners . |
| 2 | ‘ One paper asked me to pick the Derby winner and I picked the first four . |
| 3 | And I paid the first fine that I ever did . |
| 4 | ‘ No diet is easy and I found the first few days hard , but by the end of the first week my skin became clearer , my nails grew stronger and my hair was healthy and shining . |
| 5 | Had it succeeded , we would have been enriched by those labours which he afterwards devoted to his native country and which laid the first regular foundation for the science of veterinary medicine in Europe . |
| 6 | He raised the bone knife to the wooden lips and she felt the first gentle cut . |
| 7 | This time his kiss was a little more forceful , it lasted longer , and she felt the first light outbreak of heat on his skin . |
| 8 | Anne Dickie , Manager Royline Sales , said regional awards had been introduced so that the efforts and results of branches could be better highlighted and rewarded — and she praised the first three winners . |
| 9 | The defending solicitor tried to fault her on identification but she described the car as having a metallic paint job , wide wheels and a number of triangular stickers in the rear window ; she also thought that she could remember a couple of fluffy dice hanging from the rear-view mirror , and she gave the first three letters of the registration number . |