Example sentences of "[noun sg] take first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The local Rathfriland club took first place in the club team category . |
| 2 | Century kept a share of the prizes at home with John Aslanian taking first handicap award from a nett 45.56 after an allowance of 21 minutes . |
| 3 | Century kept a share of the prizes at home , with John Aslanian taking first handicap award from a nett 45.56. , after an allowance of 21 minutes . |
| 4 | It was a terrific grind with all the work at the College to take first place , and Greek and French to be squeezed in somehow . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Stabbed policewoman takes first steps |
| 7 | Notarbartolo cooked lamb cutlets with pimentos , wild mushrooms and a sharp shallot gravy to take first prize of a 40-piece Dudson china dinner service . |
| 8 | Father took first bullet |
| 9 | ‘ Have you brought a sample of your urine taken first thing in the morning ? ’ |
| 10 | He was delighted when his giant vegetable took first prize in the pumpkin section at the Newdigate Horticultural Show in Surrey . |
| 11 | Only 18 per cent of those living in areas of " low " unemployment took first jobs which were temporary , but 26 per cent of those living in areas of " medium " unemployment and 33 per cent in areas of " high " unemployment did so . |