Example sentences of "[art] first [noun pl] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the first tasks Eva set herself was learning the local language , Shona . |
| 2 | One of the first changes Laura made to Rhydoldog was to set up a telex room and offices at the end of the corridor on the ground floor . |
| 3 | The first questions Wien asked were related to the resolving power of optical instruments . |
| 4 | You and Nigel were the first friends Rita and I made , nine years ago , when we came to live in North Wales . |
| 5 | One of the first things Colin and Sue Ross did when taking over Chetcombe was to refurbish the bedrooms in pretty Laura Ashley papers and fabrics , and to put them en suite . |
| 6 | ‘ One of the reasons for my downfall is that I am a rep for Taunton Cider , and one of the first things Yvonne told me was to keep off alcohol . ’ |
| 7 | There was a certain irony in the fact that one of the first things Baldwin told the King , on taking over from the decrepit MacDonald , was that he himself needed two months ' rest . |
| 8 | One of the first things Tolkien did after his return to Oxford in 1925 was to set up an Icelandic reading group such as he had enjoyed during his last job , as Professor of English at Leeds . |
| 9 | One of the first things Reagan did upon becoming president was to name Iran as an enemy of America and to ensure that no trade of any kind went on between the two countries , either directly or indirectly , imposing draconian penalties for anyone caught doing so . |
| 10 | One of the first dogs Steve rescued — four-year-old Tyler — had an eye poked out by a loutish owner wielding a screwdriver . |
| 11 | One of the first jobs Mr Kenneth Clarke , the new Home Secretary , is to decide on whether the task of gathering intelligence on Irish terrorism on the mainland should be given to MI5 rather than the Special Branch . |
| 12 | One of the first lessons Pennett learned with Notts was what merciless mickey-takers cricketers are . |
| 13 | Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson are the first names Des has in mind . |
| 14 | The first words Toby spoke to me afterwards were , " I thought that was never going to happen to me again . " |
| 15 | They were the first words Curval had spoken since he had come into the room . |