Example sentences of "[noun sg] take [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had sat opposite her , watching her while she ate , making an extravagant moue of distaste when she suggested that he share it , but staring at her with a concentrated , almost angry , satisfaction ; rather , she thought , as a mother might watch a convalescent child taking her first mouthful . |
| 2 | Would it not have been too painful , not least having to watch another youngster take his first steps into the fatherless state ? |
| 3 | There is also the village of Ackworth , where Geoff Boycott took his first faltering steps at the crease to become the greatest cricketer that the world has ever seen and a great Yorkshireman . |
| 4 | But his disastrous 76 on Saturday cost him dearly as Zimbabwe 's Nick Price kept his head to take his first major title with a battling 70 for 278 and a three-stroke victory ahead of Faldo , John Cook , Gene Sauers and Jim Gallagher Jnr . |
| 5 | It is possible to point to landmarks — the moment of ‘ quickening ’ when the mother first feels foetal movements within her ; the moment when the foetus first has potential for independent life — deemed by law to be 24 weeks from gestation ; the moment when the baby has been fully expelled or removed from the mother 's body ; the moment when the baby takes its first breath , with the anatomical changes in circulation that accompany this , and subsequent changes as the baby develops after birth which any parent will recognise . |
| 6 | Our action round-up this week takes us first to the world of grand prix … to meet the newest and youngest driver in formula one |
| 7 | This theory takes us first to the theme of sacrifice . |
| 8 | As they do this , trusting in God 's help , inching forward like a baby taking its first steps , a sense of reality will return to their faith as well as their lives . |
| 9 | TIP : When Koi start taking their first protein food , feed them some pellets treated with oxolinic acid in a concentration of 5gm per kilogram . |
| 10 | IBM Corp last week took its first step towards saving the AS/400 from going the way of the mainframe when it accompanied the new F models with a string of software offerings and initiatives designed to make the machine sit more comfortably as a database server in an open systems environment . |
| 11 | The leisurely drive takes you first to Aalsmeer , the centre of the flower producers where you will visit the flower auction ( closed Saturday and Sunday and replaced by a visit to the Panorama Mesdag Museum ) . |
| 12 | Woodhill takes its first inmates in five months . |
| 13 | Having lost in the first round to Sarah Lochrie , 7–5 , 6–4 , she then fought her way back into the tournament to beat Jasmine Choudhury 7–5 , 6–3 in the semis and Felicia D'Amelio 2–6 , 6–4 , 6–4 in the final to take her first national title . |
| 14 | The roar of the traffic was almost drowned by a furious burst of camera shutters as the assembled Press took their first opportunity of photographing Hannah in an urban situation . |
| 15 | The Guisborough public took their first chance to see the bypass plans yesterday when an exhibition opened at the town 's library . |
| 16 | She felt about as poised as a baby elephant taking his first steps , she thought miserably . |
| 17 | ‘ Jaz ’ laughed and ‘ accidentally ’ trod on my foot as he made his way to take his first throw . |
| 18 | In a key breakthrough , the Green Party took their first County seat in the region and pledged to make the Green voice heard . |