Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [vb past] first [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The car started first time for Volkov .
2 The engine caught first time .
3 The engine started first time and the car shot away down the dirt road , but he could not prevent the leading coolie from leaping onto the running board beside the driver 's door .
4 ‘ We are assuming the Queen chose first class . ’
5 The proposed date of entry is November 1988 , still feasible because the developer continued with early work because , although the Council had first option on the new building , there were other potential clients also .
6 celebrated 100 years at the Suffolk Show in May and to top the occasion collected first prize for the most attractive non-machinery agricultural stand at the show .
7 However that changed yesterday when the company reported first quarter figures showing turnover off 7% at just over $13,000m .
8 However that changed yesterday when the company reported first quarter figures showing turnover off 7% at just over $13,000m .
9 Weighing these factors and the circumstances of the case , including the pending change in the legislation of the Federal Republic of Germany on the matter of discovery requests from abroad , the court held that the balance favoured first resort to the Convention .
10 A SHEEP that behaves like a hound won first prize for fence-jumping at the Kent Dog Show .
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