Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] heard the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | From this vantage point they were to keep up a steady rifle fire on the sepoys advancing over the open ground until they heard the first ringing of the Church bell . |
| 2 | And you seeing what you 're playing tonight , I thought I ca n't , but I heard the first thing der der der , but then it goes der der der |
| 3 | It took another five days of route-marching before they heard the first sound of artillery fire , could smell the trenches and therefore knew they must be approaching the front . |
| 4 | Air temperature was 15 ° C at 8.00 pm , just before complete darkness , when I heard the first voices in an extensively flooded field . |
| 5 | She was in her first-floor sitting room , secure in her easy chair , when she heard the first sirens , saw the first police cars turn into her street . |
| 6 | A young woman who was with her hid when she heard the first shots and witnessed what happened . |
| 7 | They had reached the top of the hill when they heard the first soul-chilling , baying call . |
| 8 | And when he heard the first crash he determined to intervene , in some way that would not dispute the authority of the headmaster 's wife . |