Example sentences of "[pron] make the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | She never knew which one of them made the first move , but suddenly , unaccountably , she was in his arms , his hands pressing against her back to draw her closer still . |
| 2 | We survived the Thirties and the war , we sold successfully up to 1987 ( a flourish of porcelain animals and birds sold out 90 per cent before the opening party , immediately after Black Monday in the City ) ; even in 1991 we had secured a collection which made the first half of the year look profitable . |
| 3 | He built , to his own design , the steamship Robert Fulton , which made the first successful ocean voyage off the east coast of America , sailing from New York to Havana . |
| 4 | Impatient of this , Richard of Gloucester put forward a further suggestion — which made the first seem infinitely preferable ! |
| 5 | We came together as a group almost by accident , but there was a convergence of our experiences and a symmetry to our ideas which made the first few months of our existence one of the most stimulating and electrifying of my life . |
| 6 | It is the profusion of flowers which make the first impression on visitors although fruit and vegetables are grown as well . |
| 7 | Quite often it is the clearing banks which make the first move by announcing a base rate change before the Bank alters its intervention rates . |
| 8 | She made the first breach in my armourplating of male superiority . |
| 9 | On March 23 she made the first appointments to a new government . |
| 10 | Then , with Dawn keeping careful watch on Sandy 's breathing , Sophie took up a scalpel , and , after one long moment of hesitation , she made the first incision . |
| 11 | Pulling a few exaggerated grimaces just before you go through the door will help you make the first important smile . |
| 12 | Lenihan , 32 , who made the first of his 52 international appearances against Australia in 1981 , missed all of last season 's Five Nations programme after an operation to repair damage to his neck . |
| 13 | Lenihan , 32 , who made the first of his 52 international appearances against Australia in 1981 , missed all of last season 's Five Nations programme after undergoing an operation to repair damage to his neck . |
| 14 | It was Geoff Yeadon and Oliver Statham who made the first connection in the jigsaw , 12 years ago . |
| 15 | It was Freud who made the first extensive use of hypnosis to probe the depths of the subconscious mind . |
| 16 | It was James Watt who made the first major improvements to the principles worked out by Newcomen . |
| 17 | It was he who made the first approaches … " |
| 18 | So says Charles Munn , who made the first known sighting of this small parrot in 1985 , at clay-eating cliff in Peru 's Manu National Park . |
| 19 | Who made the first move ? |
| 20 | It was Janice who made the first move to end the evening . |
| 21 | They are searching for passengers who made the first ever trip with them to Jersey 40 years ago . |
| 22 | They are searching for passengers who made the first ever trip with them to Jersey 40 years ago . |
| 23 | There are many different people who contribute to the efficient running of a clinic , including nurses , technicians , social workers , contact-tracers , doctors , and , the person who makes the first contact with a patient , the receptionist , whose contribution to the well-running of the department is of particular importance . |
| 24 | We made the first free-jazz record , with no plan , just improvised . |
| 25 | Let him make the first move . |
| 26 | Altogether they were to spend 15 months in the English capital and late in April they made the first of three visits ( the others were in May and October ) to the court of King George III and Queen Charlotte . |
| 27 | When cooking with the children we want to finish with something eatable , so we are likely to add the liquid carefully ourselves , but we could let children experiment with the play-dough and if they make the first lot too soggy , more flour and salt can be added without much trouble until they make a ‘ workable ’ dough , and there can be plenty of conversation about too much , too little , a little more , a lot more and enough . |
| 28 | If he was at all interested it was up to him to make the first move . |
| 29 | She wanted desperately to reach out to him , but she knew that she had to wait for him to make the first move . |
| 30 | Hotspur hung back from him , and let him gather himself , waited , indeed , for him to make the first assay , and put it by when it was made with the utmost care and forbearance . |