Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | A young student at Bangor University made his first TV appearance with us . |
| 2 | The invasion of the non-marine habitat probably first happened in the Carboniferous , but relatives of the living land snails are rare before the Cretaceous , at which time the familiar Helix made its first appearance . |
| 3 | In 1988 the National Radiological Protection Board produced its first report commissioned by the government into whether there was any link . |
| 4 | Legislation to allow Nazi war criminals to be put on trial passed its first reading in the Commons . |
| 5 | The penny farthing made its first appearance in 1870 and was ridden round the world in 1884 . |
| 6 | Communism found its first means of expression in the various international organizations ( the Internationals ) that were established by Marx and Engels and their followers from the 1860s on . |
| 7 | Ten years ago on 25 June the Joint European Torus ( JET ) experiment produced its first plasma . |
| 8 | Bill Levy took over as editor , and Mick Farren , whose relationship with It was to survive the history of the underground made his first appearance . |
| 9 | That September the President made his first significant move to provide military equipment to the British government . |
| 10 | The Association appointed its first full-time Marketing Manager , . |
| 11 | The grateful club played its first game in over a year last month , but , surprisingly , not in Broomfield and Alexander colours . |
| 12 | SCOTLAND captain David Sole has given short shrift to anyone who has blamed Martin Bayfield and Tim Rodber for the drastic change in Scottish scrummaging fortunes between the World Cup semi-final and the Five Nations opener , when his side scored their first pushover try against England for donkey 's years , despite losing by a record score . |
| 13 | The Club celebrated its first 50 years in style , viz. an extract its first 50 years in style , viz. an extract from the Henley Standard of July 25th , 1958 : ‘ Weekend of Celebration at Harpsden . |
| 14 | Cycling was the craze of the era and The Cycling Travellers ' Club organized their first tour to the Continent in 1879 . |
| 15 | He was jitterbugging with the recoil , and the gun 's momentum kept his first sweep going for a couple of yards even after he realised he 'd missed me . |
| 16 | How the Echo brought you first news of the Turkish interest in Rosenthal yesterday . |
| 17 | That day the Brigade gave their first public display , and these events , with the rescue from a burning building as the highlight , were to continue into the 1930s . |
| 18 | In 1988 , the Brazilian won his first title when the ‘ 11 out of 16 ’ rule applied , despite Prost having a higher gross total . |
| 19 | The programme completed its first year in May during which time 25 miles of footpaths were improved . |
| 20 | The task force published its first report in September 1988 . |
| 21 | In 1830 , the National Association held its first conference . |
| 22 | In 1899 the Secession held their first ( as an alternative to the Salon ) exhibition ; here no foreign painters were exhibited , but at the same time neither were the didactic and patriotic paintings typical of the Salon . |
| 23 | In the same year the Department gained its first Deputy General Manager with the promotion of Anthony Depledge from Traffic Manager . |
| 24 | The parallel government set up by the Zaïrean opposition held its first Cabinet meeting on Nov. 1 , under the leadership of Etienne Tshisekedi , dismissed as Prime Minister by President Mobutu Sese Seko the previous month . |
| 25 | ‘ The cutlets yes , certainly , since the Prince rejected them first time round , and asked for them later , ’ dredging up memories from the depths of his mind . |
| 26 | When the measure received its first reading in Strasbourg , MEPs secured a number of changes on , for instance , the definition of polymers , safety data sheets and compulsory use of child-proof containers for dangerous substances intended for domestic use . |
| 27 | Earlier , in May 1939 , No 602 ( City of Glasgow ) Squadron received its first spitfire , also becoming the first Auxiliary Unit in Britain to be equipped with the new 1000 H.P. 8-gun interceptors . |
| 28 | The Dow Jones Industrial Average and Share Index suffered its first annual fall since 1984 and its most serious since 1981 , closing the year at 2,633 . |
| 29 | The proposal passed its first and second readings in the European Parliament with minimal amendments , and was adopted in March 1993 substantially upon the lines of the text published in July 1992 . |
| 30 | Last year the consortium made its first ‘ operating profit ’ . |