Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [adj] first " in BNC.

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1 The heat and strength of him that had alarmed her that first night now enthralled her .
2 Here , Mr. Christopher Lawrence-Price had kindly lent his charming first floor flat to Miss Deborah Bennett , to give a little party to celebrate the fifth year of successfully working on her own in marketing and public relations .
3 RISC is the right word — DEC may have got everything right first time , but as a third party with a choice , you 'd have to be pretty desperate to bet the shop on it .
4 On Aug. 6 , the RCP had replaced its hardline first secretary Ivan Polozkov by the moderate Valentin Kuptsov , who had promised to co-operate with Gorbachev and Yeltsin .
5 Supposing that Banyon had given his real first name , and that of his sister , a few enquiries should produce results .
6 Once a child has survived his vulnerable first five years , his expectation of life naturally increases , but this increase will vary in direct proportion to the dangers which he has so far evaded : thus the United Kingdom 5 year old can now expect to live until he is 75 , the American until he is 72 .
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