Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With this win Haslemere Reserves earned first division football next season . |
| 2 | EMI Music 's strong profits helped first half profit before tax rise by 11% to £105.2m at Thorn EMI . |
| 3 | Strong trading in overseas markets helped first half profit before tax rise by 12% to £88.5m at Redland . |
| 4 | The children took first prize ahead of a hundred other teams . |
| 5 | The farmer 's wife was first and foremost a mother and her children had first call on her time . |
| 6 | As I placed them in the water , the bone-china cups and saucers became first glass then nothing ; the water was cold as a glacier . |