Example sentences of "[vb past] the first [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a leading suffragette , she endured the first of two spells in Holloway gaol in 1907 . |
| 2 | Local types were beginning to be noticed , and in 1709 the English parliament passed the first of a series of Enclosure Acts which , indirectly , would lead to breed development by curtailing the traditional practice of communal grazing and random mating . |
| 3 | After a few minutes they passed the first of the estate workers ' cottages , two storey , stone-built , and around three hundred years old . |
| 4 | And then , he made the first of his mistakes . |
| 5 | Lenihan , 32 , who made the first of his 52 international appearances against Australia in 1981 , missed all of last season 's Five Nations programme after an operation to repair damage to his neck . |
| 6 | Lenihan , 32 , who made the first of his 52 international appearances against Australia in 1981 , missed all of last season 's Five Nations programme after undergoing an operation to repair damage to his neck . |
| 7 | Altogether they were to spend 15 months in the English capital and late in April they made the first of three visits ( the others were in May and October ) to the court of King George III and Queen Charlotte . |
| 8 | It must have been towards the end of 1920 that Lord Darlington made the first of a number of trips to Berlin himself , and I can remember the profound effect it had on him . |
| 9 | In 1986 , Sir Ranulph made the first of his four attempts with Dr Michael Stroud to reach the North Pole unsupported . |
| 10 | In the early 1890s , in loyal imitation of the Queen , Gladstone made the first of a number of visits . |
| 11 | Kohl , for instance , made the first of six planned visits on Feb. 20 to address a rally of the Alliance for Germany [ see below ] attended by 100,000 in Erfurt . |
| 12 | Pérez escaped from his residence just before it was surrounded , and went to a private television station from which he made the first of four broadcasts to the nation repudiating the coup . |
| 13 | She inserted the first in the machine and pressed the button . |
| 14 | EQUITY & LAW , The Netherlands ' 60ft yacht skippered by Dirk Nauta , yesterday became the first of the smaller boats and 15th so far to finish the first leg of the Whitbread Round the World Race to Punta del Este in Uruguay . |
| 15 | When that happened , however , there would at least be the compensation that she became the first of them to have her power formally acknowledged with the title of regent . |
| 16 | Nine months later , Francis ' team dominated Canadian sprinting , and the following year Angella Taylor became the first of the group to reach world class . |
| 17 | Lord Winterstoke became the first of five Pro-Chancellors who have been elected from Wills families . |
| 18 | 26th minute : Steve Bould became the first of five bookings for his second tackle from behind on Teddy Sheringham . |
| 19 | National Semiconductor became the first of a stream of US and later Japanese electronics investors to take the bait . |
| 20 | In 1874 Elliot became the first of the coal industry 's business leaders to receive a baronetcy . |
| 21 | Her edition of Utendi wa Ayubu ( the life of Job ) , subsequently reprinted in a Dar-es-Salaam newspaper , became the first of the Swahili epics to reach a wide public both in Europe and along the East African coast . |
| 22 | Karelia on Aug. 10 became the first of the Soviet Union 's 20 autonomous Soviet Socialist republics ( ASSRs ) to issue a sovereignty declaration . |
| 23 | Todor Zhivkov on Feb. 25 became the first of Eastern Europe 's ousted communist leaders to go on public trial , 14 months after the " palace coup " which had ended his 35 years in power . |
| 24 | Next year , the younger son of this old man became the first of five Richard Goughs to live at Newton on the Hill , a mile or so from Myddle church . |
| 25 | Hearts are top of the reserve league , and against Falkirk on Saturday , Kevin Thomas , a 17-year-old former Scottish Schoolboys internationalist , became the first of the new breed to earn his spurs in the senior side . |
| 26 | He became the first from his club to be capped , in the Second Test of the recent tour of Australia in Hastings ' injury absence , and he played for Scotland ‘ A ’ against Spain in Madrid on September 12 . |
| 27 | This became the first in a long line of medieval whodunnits featuring an unusual detective , a 12th-century Benedictine monk named Brother Cadfael : when he is n't tending his herb garden , Cadfael is using his knowledge to solve a seemingly endless series of murders and mysterious disappearances . |
| 28 | In the U.S.A. , a new rocket for space exploration , called ‘ Little Joe ’ was launched in May 1964 , and it became the first in a series under the name of ‘ Apollo ’ . |
| 29 | They modernised the mill and it is believed that it became the first in Britain to make paper from wood , ie : the first Natron-cellulose pulp mill in Europe . |
| 30 | Last month a 12-year-old Devon girl became the first in Britain to win an order allowing her to live with her grandparents . |