Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The best it could do would be to permit a small degree of enclave development , which only reproduced First World-Third World exploitation within the Third World . |
| 2 | LABOUR 'S Northern Ireland spokesman yesterday saw first hand the cramped conditions in a Darlington Catholic school . |
| 3 | Parents reported whether their children had suffered from attacks of asthma or bronchitis during the past 12 months , whether they usually coughed first thing in the morning or at any other time , whether their chest ever sounded wheezy or whistling , and , if so , whether this symptom was present on most days or nights . |
| 4 | IBM also announced first fruits of other Hollywood alliance , adding integrated digital video and audio input-output and factor Moving Pictures Experts Group digital video and audio compression to the Power Visualisation System . |
| 5 | United nearly drew first blood , but they fell apart in the second half . |
| 6 | Portadown 's Peter Duke also took first place in the Star of Tomorrow FF1600 race . |
| 7 | Established corn mills often had first claim to the use of watercourses , but their machinery needed modernising to improve efficiency . |
| 8 | What would you say about the fact , the thing that struck me about that , ‘ Councillor Grubb today made first call to the helpline , he said , ‘ a free service ’ which , to me , sounded as though what he actually said down the phone to the helpline was |
| 9 | In the cunningly crafted first act , Maggie 's father and brothers are amusingly portrayed by Ralph Riach , John Yule and Paul Nivison . |
| 10 | The valet and lady 's maid sometimes travelled first class to be on hand for their employer 's needs . |
| 11 | Someone else had first claim on Richard . |
| 12 | Motor writer John was test-driving the £415,000 supercar when he accidentally hit first gear … at NINETY . |