Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pos pn] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | But win Norwich did and they have since gone on to preserve their First Division lives and reach the FA Cup semi-finals . |
| 2 | Gedge glibly announced : ‘ We 're The Wedding Present , from Leeds , ’ and they then crashed into ‘ ( The Moment Before ) Everything 's Spoiled Again ’ , ‘ White ’ , ‘ Pretty Blue High ’ , ‘ Nervous Man In A Four Dollar Room ’ and the song that eventually became their first single , ‘ Go Out And Get 'Em Boy ! ’ . |
| 3 | So I wondered what chance I had of outstaying Lebanese men who had picked up their first Kalashnikov aged six , or the Vietnamese man who had seen his mother raped before going on to kill his first Cambodian at the age when I was doing my Common Entrance . |
| 4 | Yesterday the ten-minute Bill introduced by the hon. Member for Ogmore ( Mr. Powell ) was overwhelmingly given its First Reading with a majority of 200 , with all-party support . |
| 5 | He flung off his shirt in delight — obviously enjoying his first goal of the season . |
| 6 | Given the standard-setting qualities of the team 's FW15 car , which will make its racing debut at Kyalami in 12 weeks , there is every chance Hill may not only win his first race with the Didcot team but also go on to challenge for his first title . |
| 7 | After operating in the Czech and Slovak republics for the past 18 months , Leeds accounting software supplier Coda Ltd has not only won its first contract in Hungary , but also decided to open an office in Budapest , which began trading on April 1 . |
| 8 | He looked round , somewhat disappointed his first resolution met no opposition . |
| 9 | The Swansea and Neath Society was founded in December 1822 but made no appeal through a public meeting until January 1826 ; the Manchester Society , although becoming active at the beginning of 1824 , issued no report to the public until March 1827 and had only had its first public meeting on 22 March 1826 . |
| 10 | If searching was done with just the basic actions , then R1.1 would only gain its first bit of credit after the fifth search , and then it would gain a mere 1/64th. of a point of credit . |
| 11 | Maguire sustained a shoulder injury and was concussed , so misses his first opportunity to ride in the big race . |
| 12 | She fondly remembers her first experience of this unusual cichlid . |
| 13 | Instead , an extremely average Southampton side occasionally broke out , threatening to punish a United side that only managed its first point of the season against Ipswich at Old Trafford on Saturday . |
| 14 | She only knew his first name and that he was from somewhere near Luton , Beds . |
| 15 | By April 1988 , on the second anniversary of the Chernobyl eruption , fear had made the previously obedient people of Kiev brave enough to hold their first post-glasnost street demonstration . |
| 16 | Sparc builders will only get their first glimpse of the stuff when Sun finally rolls out its Sparcstation 3 Viking boxes . |
| 17 | He settled down to compose his First Blast of the Trumpet against the Monstrous Regiment of Women , a long diatribe against rule by women , written in a screeching style far removed from his usual mastery of prose . |
| 18 | Indeed , the understrength Lithuanians , who had fought back from two down to get their first Group Three point in Belfast , could have inflicted similar embarrassment on the Republic . |
| 19 | But f***ing Newcastle … we did n't get this much parise our first season back … and I think we were doing as well as they are . |
| 20 | It took another year before the group felt confident enough to organize its first semi-open event — a disco . |
| 21 | ‘ The bottom line , though , is that we have only recorded our first win and now we must face the tough and noisy atmosphere of Lisbon 's Stadium of Light when we play Portugal in our next match . ’ |
| 22 | And so ended my first meeting with young Higgins . |
| 23 | She so wanted her first day as Official Dog Chaser to go well . |
| 24 | Ironically , it would be Cats that would eventually bring his first marriage to an end . |
| 25 | INDIA 'S twenty-day-old minority government easily passed its first big political test yesterday , securing a parliamentary confidence vote by acclaim . |
| 26 | Julie , 23 , pictured , who lives in Mossley Hill but is originally from Sunderland , has just completed her first year at Alsop Wilkinson after law studies at Birmingham Polytechnic and Chester Law School . |
| 27 | The hotel has just completed its first year of operation , which it celebrated with a month-long daily cake-cutting ceremony . |
| 28 | This superb musical partnership , which began less than a year ago , is now firmly established — indeed Kieran and Frances have just completed their first album which is due for release in the New Year . |
| 29 | Martyn , 20 , has just completed his first full season of Sheffield Shield cricket for Western Australia . |
| 30 | Richards , who has just completed his first year as the Welsh Rugby Union development officer for Mid-Wales , wants to see the representative side going from strength to strength . |