Example sentences of "[pron] made the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She never knew which one of them made the first move , but suddenly , unaccountably , she was in his arms , his hands pressing against her back to draw her closer still . |
| 2 | We survived the Thirties and the war , we sold successfully up to 1987 ( a flourish of porcelain animals and birds sold out 90 per cent before the opening party , immediately after Black Monday in the City ) ; even in 1991 we had secured a collection which made the first half of the year look profitable . |
| 3 | Then , with Dawn keeping careful watch on Sandy 's breathing , Sophie took up a scalpel , and , after one long moment of hesitation , she made the first incision . |
| 4 | On March 23 she made the first appointments to a new government . |
| 5 | She made the first breach in my armourplating of male superiority . |
| 6 | It was he who made the first approaches … " |
| 7 | It was Geoff Yeadon and Oliver Statham who made the first connection in the jigsaw , 12 years ago . |
| 8 | Who made the first move ? |
| 9 | It was Janice who made the first move to end the evening . |
| 10 | Karajan 's response to Honegger 's Symphonie liturgique and its near contemporary , Strauss 's Metamorphosen , of which he made the first recording in 1947 , provides specifically musical evidence of Karajan 's priorities and allegiances that I have yet to see considered by those who have become so concerned to analyse and recycle often erroneous information about his alleged political sympathies before and during the Second World War . |
| 11 | He made the first recording of the human electrocardiogram in 1887 , an important advance which , in other hands , had widespread applications in medicine . |
| 12 | Now in his 40s , he made the first solo ascent of Point Young on the Grandes Jorasses in August . |
| 13 | In 1933 he made the first crossing of the uninhabited interior wilderness of Iceland with a wheeled vehicle — his bicycle . |
| 14 | Oh well it er General , he made the first road . |
| 15 | He made the first goal with a delightful , a dazzling run . |