Example sentences of "[adv prt] a first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conrad Allen put in a first appearance on the track in the 600 metres at Crawley . |
| 2 | It 's like the school big boy who 's beaten up a first year and |
| 3 | Johnny Jamieson picked up a first half knock in the 2– defeat by Portadown but he is expected to be fit in time for Saturday . |
| 4 | Nowadays we are so scattered about the country that it is very unlikely that any of us would have a Stainey just around the corner who could be relied upon to put up a first class polish . |
| 5 | POST Office workers put up a first class performance blasting round Britain 's fastest motor racing circuits in a Royal Mail delivery van . |
| 6 | In future it may be possible to bring out a first novel in paperback , and then once an author is established we could bring out his or her second and third novels in hardback . |
| 7 | Chelsea looked worthy of at least a point after Mick Harford 's 72nd minute goal had cancelled out a first half Saunders header . |
| 8 | If this does not work ( and I do n't think you actually have to go to France ) , you might try the recipe of the American crime short story writer , Robert Twohy , who writes out a first sentence and then sees if anything comes from it , and so on . |
| 9 | Erm I myself came out a first floor window erm a lot of a lot of entrances had already been blocked by the tanks |
| 10 | This is the most valuable way of working out a first scene and happens in Ronzeo and Juliet . |