Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dawn Run took the lead from the start and hopped nimbly over the first two fences . |
| 2 | It was developed and used primarily during the First World War as a means of preventing dogs , used in the trenches as messengers and for other activities , from betraying their positions by a casual bark . |
| 3 | Cutting that over the numbers had me down and stopped well before the first intersection , a distance of around 400 metres , and I could have done much better if I 'd heaved on the brakes , which are single Goodyear discs with excellent stopping power . |
| 4 | It should be stressed that all the 12 Steps were established and practised long before the first residential treatment centre came into being and that many people today get better without the help of treatment centres or professional counsellors but simply by depending upon the Anonymous Fellowships . |
| 5 | Jezrael let go and dodged weakly beneath the first one . |
| 6 | And as the afternoon wore on , she relaxed and talked freely for the first time in weeks . |
| 7 | Pew turned with a scream , but he turned the wrong way , and ran straight into the first of the horses . |
| 8 | A great wave of Greek influence in Rome began in the mid-second century BC with the conquest of Greece , and lasted well into the first century , by which time it had become a well-established fashion for young men of well-to-do families to complete their education in Athens . |