Example sentences of "[pron] took the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got her letter yesterday and I took the first plane . |
| 2 | Next morning , from the Paseo de Gracias station , I took the first express to Zaragoza , passing through the small seaside town of Sitges , which was in later years to become a British hooligan holiday playground . |
| 3 | The next day I took the first bus back to New York . |
| 4 | On the first note of the following eight-bar break I took the first step , missed the second and somersaulted down the rest , orchestrated by drum rolls and cymbal crashes as the rest of the band dissolved into discord . |
| 5 | As it was soon to be finally and completely demolished , I took the first opportunity of looking round and about the old shed to see if I could find something , anything , of interest relating to the depot to add to my growing collection of ‘ Railwayana ’ . |
| 6 | The 34027 Locomotive Group still retain the prestigious opportunity of being able to say that it was their locomotive which took the first train hauled by a steam locomotive into Waterloo after some 25 years . |
| 7 | That Sunday she took the first positive step towards keeping a check on her child . |
| 8 | She took the first one and began to skim through it , reading the cold , scientific sentences — sentences that occasionally broke out of the narrow straight-jacket of accepted reporting , unable to conceal the excitement of the men who had written them . |
| 9 | A Miss , that 's right , she took the first class . |
| 10 | She took the first train home . |
| 11 | She took the first set 6-4 but a sideways stretch to make contact with an English passing shot had the Belfast girl in trouble . |
| 12 | Ahl , 18 , from Exeter , outplayed her opponent particularly in the second set when she took the first five games . |
| 13 | So she took the first lot back you know , the two boxes |
| 14 | A SMALL point on your book review of Durham : Birth of a First-Class County : had Ralph Dellor consulted the club or been at the match , he would have noted that it was Paul Parker who took the first ball from Oxford University pace bowler Michael Jeh , and not John Glendenen . |
| 15 | For it was the people of the three original founding cantons , Uri , Schwyz and Unterwalden , who took the first steps to free themselves from external domination and start what was to become an independent confederation of communities , unified in a unique fashion , which in their early years were mostly called simply the Confederates but later became known as Schweizer after the name of one of the original component areas , Schwyz . |
| 16 | Surprisingly it was the student who took the first frame , managing a break of 54 . |
| 17 | They took the first turning after the hotel and began to climb towards the Jenner Clinic . |
| 18 | Keith Waugh was armed with only the vaguest canine knowledge when he took the first steps along his career path . |
| 19 | He took the first job he could find , washing dishes at the Wang Garden , a Chinese restaurant two blocks down the street from the hotel . |
| 20 | He took the first five straight off , and went on to capture the world crown for the first time . |
| 21 | Either he took the first plane to Dublin , or he rejected them out of hand . |
| 22 | In the locker room — no ordinary changing room this , but a soft paradise of fluffy towels , hairdryers , lotions , masseurs , electronic scales , isometric drinks , cardio-vascular scans and congratulatory attendants — he told a well-known ( everyone in this club is said to be well-known ) producer that he took the first three games off me in each set . |
| 23 | In 1910 he took the first division examination for the Civil Service and secured a place in the Home Office , which he joined in 1911 . |
| 24 | But true to his plan not to do anything to interrupt , or to deflect me from , my studies , while I was up at Oxford , he took the first opportunity , now that I had gone down , to enlist my services with The Criterion . |
| 25 | He took the first four out from the quay and dropped them off , after having had trouble starting the boat . |
| 26 | And of course on the morning it was difficult to tell because before he took the first test he appeared to be fine until really the , the very last minute . |