Example sentences of "took first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our survey rates Shell most highly for its management quality , where it took first place ( see table 3 ) . |
| 2 | For afters , Fruity Snow White took first place . |
| 3 | Arthur Andersen trainees performed best : they took first , second , sixth and ninth places and won five prizes . |
| 4 | BRAVE teenager Clifford Wilde took first place in a charity wheelchair race at the weekend which should help other people with disabilities become more mobile themselves . |
| 5 | He was delighted when his giant vegetable took first prize in the pumpkin section at the Newdigate Horticultural Show in Surrey . |
| 6 | Father took first bullet |
| 7 | LEON Butterfield , of Colchester and District Fencing Club , took first place at Maidenhead in the Leon Paul Junior Sabre Series Tournament , where there was a large field . |
| 8 | Richard Meredith-Hardy took first and Peter Hicks fourth place in the classic weight shift class ; Nigel Beale and Peter Dewhurst second and third in the new open solo class ; Rover Bridgland was fifth in the classic open solo class and Simon Baker with Susanna Stimpson second in the new open twin class . |
| 9 | Only 18 per cent of those living in areas of " low " unemployment took first jobs which were temporary , but 26 per cent of those living in areas of " medium " unemployment and 33 per cent in areas of " high " unemployment did so . |
| 10 | Equally , and as can be seen from Table 4.5 , those who took first jobs that were temporary spent more of the 20 month observation period being unemployed and less of it in full-time employment than did those who took first jobs that were permanent . |
| 11 | Equally , and as can be seen from Table 4.5 , those who took first jobs that were temporary spent more of the 20 month observation period being unemployed and less of it in full-time employment than did those who took first jobs that were permanent . |
| 12 | As she took first one , then another slow step towards it , the horse turned its long white head , looking back at her , its huge dark eyes assessing her . |
| 13 | Ratagan and Luib took first watch , whilst the rest lay and listened to the wind , felt it tugging at the tarpaulin . |
| 14 | Sandy and I took first turn ashore . |
| 15 | Waterstones staff took first prize in two recent publisher competitions . |
| 16 | Fortuitous Ian Clark took first prize ( a bottle of wine ) , for guessing twenty-four correctly without clues . |
| 17 | A joint effort by Valerie Dennis and Anita Clifford took first prize ( box of chocolates ) for correctly matching all twenty-eight people using clues . |
| 18 | The local Rathfriland club took first place in the club team category . |
| 19 | Portadown 's Peter Duke also took first place in the Star of Tomorrow FF1600 race . |
| 20 | There was no stopping Scottish Amicable team A comprising Jim Hill ( now Aberdeen branch ) , Graeme Cowie ( now Edinburgh branch ) and Lorna Caird ( redundant ) who took first place with the highest total team score . |
| 21 | Yet again the BNFL entry , which sported a mock-up of the film 's famous pink car , took first prize for the annual procession 's best entry . |
| 22 | Each year it takes place in different parts of the country and Alan this time , took first place , beating his brother in fourth place and eighty other competitors from throughout Scotland . |
| 23 | If I took First B. Mus. at the College I could go to Oxford and take Second B. Mus. there , and afterwards write my Exercise — as that was financially possible for them . |
| 24 | The children took first prize ahead of a hundred other teams . |
| 25 | Pipe Major Brian Rea 's Ballycoan Band , repeating last year 's result , were second with their World Champion Drum corps with Drum Sergeant Mark Armstrong , successfully defending their Cowal title , took first for Best Drums . |
| 26 | Michael Maguire of Craigavon took first prize in the black and white section . |
| 27 | The final victory , though , belonged to the band 's drummers and drum sergeant Gordan Parkes with took first place in Grade 1 , drumming on Antante DTS 4 Drums . |
| 28 | Des Lancaster took first prize in the sell-out St Helens AA Open at Carr Mill Dam with 9lb 7oz . |