Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think mummy has first choice dear . |
| 2 | 4 secretarial staff , including the secretary to the head of department and a secretary on whom the Halford Mackinder professor has first call |
| 3 | Smithers was an English publisher who got his sexual kicks from deflowering virgins , an obsession that gave rise to Oscar Wilde 's celebrated remark that ‘ Smithers loves first editions ’ . |
| 4 | One of Gary Speeds first outings I believe . |
| 5 | Russia gets first batch of emergency grants |
| 6 | Environmental Audit Completes First Phase |
| 7 | M.C. announces first fall to P — in 2 minutes 50 secs. of the third round . |
| 8 | A member of the Residence hotel group , the Hotel Murren offers first class accommodation , comfort and excellent facilities . |
| 9 | Oct. 1800 — Coleridge : The Mad Monk 27 March 1802 — Wordsworth begins Immortality Ode 4 April 1802 — Coleridge writes first version of Dejection , called A Letter to … |
| 10 | Newcastle , nine points ahead in the First Division , let Gascoigne go to Spurs for £2 million and Terry Venables has first option on him should he wish to return to England . |
| 11 | Terry Venables has first option on Gascoigne should he wish to return to England , but Keegan is undeterred . |
| 12 | Others drove to work before 7.30am or scheduled business calls first thing so that they could drive in later . |
| 13 | Rhodes could well become a double international as he is in the South African national hockey squad , but so far the hockey union has n't followed cricket down the integration path and cricket at the moment takes first place on his agenda . |
| 14 | CRAY GETS FIRST SOUTH AFRICAN ORDER |
| 15 | SAMSUNG HAS FIRST HP CLONE |
| 16 | New gallery of Egyptian art holds first exhibition with an unpublished head of Tutankhamun |
| 17 | Perhaps I had naively expected headlines of the HUMPHRY DAVY INVENTS MINERS ' SAFETY LAMP , ROSSINI WRITES FIRST OPERA , HENRY THOREAU BORN , kind of thing ! |
| 18 | Stabbed policewoman takes first steps |
| 19 | Three years of being a member of the Campaign Team at AI had not prepared me for seeing human rights abuses first hand . |
| 20 | FUJITSU WINS FIRST US SUPERCOMPUTER ORDER |
| 21 | Greenpeace launches first water prosecution |
| 22 | The prize includes first class rail fares to Rusland Hall and two nights ' accommodation with breakfast and evening meal . |
| 23 | In addition to this , the high price of housing on the market , together with high mortgage and interest rate puts first time buyers in an impossible position whilst the mounting toll of re-possessions is a disaster . |
| 24 | COMPUTER SCIENCES EXPECTS FIRST QUARTER GAIN |
| 25 | ARCHIPEL CLAIMS FIRST TRANSPUTER BASED DISTRIBUTED UNIX SYSTEM |
| 26 | ‘ I 'd like to , but my flight leaves first thing in the morning , ’ Ashley said regretfully . |
| 27 | Ulsterman Wins First Prize |
| 28 | Buyout firm wins first contract |
| 29 | QUORUM 'S EQUAL MAC ADAPTER GETS FIRST SHOWING |
| 30 | Wife is launched on True Love ( gelding ) next to two-year-old but unable to help since vertigo attack follows first movement of horse 's pole . |