Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adj] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | One sherpa — Tensing Norgay accompanied Sir Edward Hillary and became one of the first men to climb Mt . |
| 2 | Some lads near me thought this was n't quite right , and spent most of the first half trying to think up a new Forrester song , to the tune of Monty Python 's ‘ I 'm a lumberjack ’ . |
| 3 | In the second half of last year , it had made a loss of £1m , and broke even in the first half of 1992 . |
| 4 | Sheep entries set a new record , and topped 500 for the first time . |
| 5 | Tie Rack opened nine stores and closed four in the first half , and plans to have opened another 14 by the year-end , of which at least five will be in the UK . |