Example sentences of "[pers pn] took [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got her letter yesterday and I took the first plane . |
| 2 | Next morning , from the Paseo de Gracias station , I took the first express to Zaragoza , passing through the small seaside town of Sitges , which was in later years to become a British hooligan holiday playground . |
| 3 | The next day I took the first bus back to New York . |
| 4 | On the first note of the following eight-bar break I took the first step , missed the second and somersaulted down the rest , orchestrated by drum rolls and cymbal crashes as the rest of the band dissolved into discord . |
| 5 | As it was soon to be finally and completely demolished , I took the first opportunity of looking round and about the old shed to see if I could find something , anything , of interest relating to the depot to add to my growing collection of ‘ Railwayana ’ . |
| 6 | That Sunday she took the first positive step towards keeping a check on her child . |
| 7 | She took the first one and began to skim through it , reading the cold , scientific sentences — sentences that occasionally broke out of the narrow straight-jacket of accepted reporting , unable to conceal the excitement of the men who had written them . |
| 8 | A Miss , that 's right , she took the first class . |
| 9 | She took the first train home . |
| 10 | She took the first set 6-4 but a sideways stretch to make contact with an English passing shot had the Belfast girl in trouble . |
| 11 | Ahl , 18 , from Exeter , outplayed her opponent particularly in the second set when she took the first five games . |
| 12 | So she took the first lot back you know , the two boxes |
| 13 | We took a first look at the pay and file provisions with the non-tax specialist in mind ( see ACCOUNTANCY , April , p 80 ) . |
| 14 | They took the first turning after the hotel and began to climb towards the Jenner Clinic . |
| 15 | A New Zealander , born in Dunedin and a graduate of Otago University , he went to Merton College , Oxford , in 1934 as a Rhodes Scholar , where he took a First in English . |
| 16 | He resumed his studies in 1948 at New College , Oxford , where he took a first class honours degree and was called to the bar a year later . |
| 17 | He was educated at Madras University , where he took a first in English , and Trinity Hall , Cambridge , where he gained firsts in both Natural Sciences and Law . |
| 18 | After winning scholarships at Winchester and at Balliol College , Oxford , he took a first class in literae humaniores in 1924 and was elected to a fellowship of All Souls which he held till 1945 . |
| 19 | Keith Waugh was armed with only the vaguest canine knowledge when he took the first steps along his career path . |
| 20 | He took the first job he could find , washing dishes at the Wang Garden , a Chinese restaurant two blocks down the street from the hotel . |
| 21 | He took the first five straight off , and went on to capture the world crown for the first time . |
| 22 | Either he took the first plane to Dublin , or he rejected them out of hand . |
| 23 | In the locker room — no ordinary changing room this , but a soft paradise of fluffy towels , hairdryers , lotions , masseurs , electronic scales , isometric drinks , cardio-vascular scans and congratulatory attendants — he told a well-known ( everyone in this club is said to be well-known ) producer that he took the first three games off me in each set . |
| 24 | In 1910 he took the first division examination for the Civil Service and secured a place in the Home Office , which he joined in 1911 . |
| 25 | But true to his plan not to do anything to interrupt , or to deflect me from , my studies , while I was up at Oxford , he took the first opportunity , now that I had gone down , to enlist my services with The Criterion . |
| 26 | He took the first four out from the quay and dropped them off , after having had trouble starting the boat . |
| 27 | And of course on the morning it was difficult to tell because before he took the first test he appeared to be fine until really the , the very last minute . |