Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But win Norwich did and they have since gone on to preserve their First Division lives and reach the FA Cup semi-finals . |
| 2 | Yesterday the ten-minute Bill introduced by the hon. Member for Ogmore ( Mr. Powell ) was overwhelmingly given its First Reading with a majority of 200 , with all-party support . |
| 3 | You go along to see him first thing tomorrow . ’ |
| 4 | He flung off his shirt in delight — obviously enjoying his first goal of the season . |
| 5 | Given the standard-setting qualities of the team 's FW15 car , which will make its racing debut at Kyalami in 12 weeks , there is every chance Hill may not only win his first race with the Didcot team but also go on to challenge for his first title . |
| 6 | After operating in the Czech and Slovak republics for the past 18 months , Leeds accounting software supplier Coda Ltd has not only won its first contract in Hungary , but also decided to open an office in Budapest , which began trading on April 1 . |
| 7 | He looked round , somewhat disappointed his first resolution met no opposition . |
| 8 | It so happened her first shop , called The Body Shop , opened next door to an undertaker 's in Brighton . |
| 9 | If searching was done with just the basic actions , then R1.1 would only gain its first bit of credit after the fifth search , and then it would gain a mere 1/64th. of a point of credit . |
| 10 | Maguire sustained a shoulder injury and was concussed , so misses his first opportunity to ride in the big race . |
| 11 | She fondly remembers her first experience of this unusual cichlid . |
| 12 | Instead , an extremely average Southampton side occasionally broke out , threatening to punish a United side that only managed its first point of the season against Ipswich at Old Trafford on Saturday . |
| 13 | She only knew his first name and that he was from somewhere near Luton , Beds . |
| 14 | Sparc builders will only get their first glimpse of the stuff when Sun finally rolls out its Sparcstation 3 Viking boxes . |
| 15 | He settled down to compose his First Blast of the Trumpet against the Monstrous Regiment of Women , a long diatribe against rule by women , written in a screeching style far removed from his usual mastery of prose . |
| 16 | Indeed , the understrength Lithuanians , who had fought back from two down to get their first Group Three point in Belfast , could have inflicted similar embarrassment on the Republic . |
| 17 | But f***ing Newcastle … we did n't get this much parise our first season back … and I think we were doing as well as they are . |
| 18 | ‘ The bottom line , though , is that we have only recorded our first win and now we must face the tough and noisy atmosphere of Lisbon 's Stadium of Light when we play Portugal in our next match . ’ |
| 19 | well I 'd only paid me first month you see twenty two thirty |
| 20 | And so ended my first meeting with young Higgins . |
| 21 | She so wanted her first day as Official Dog Chaser to go well . |
| 22 | Ironically , it would be Cats that would eventually bring his first marriage to an end . |
| 23 | Julie , 23 , pictured , who lives in Mossley Hill but is originally from Sunderland , has just completed her first year at Alsop Wilkinson after law studies at Birmingham Polytechnic and Chester Law School . |
| 24 | The hotel has just completed its first year of operation , which it celebrated with a month-long daily cake-cutting ceremony . |
| 25 | This superb musical partnership , which began less than a year ago , is now firmly established — indeed Kieran and Frances have just completed their first album which is due for release in the New Year . |
| 26 | Richards , who has just completed his first year as the Welsh Rugby Union development officer for Mid-Wales , wants to see the representative side going from strength to strength . |
| 27 | We have just received our first order from the Ukraine as a result of a contact made at the Expozoo exhibition in Paris . |
| 28 | I had just received my first commission from the world 's greatest rock read and I had less than 24 hours to deliver the goods . |
| 29 | ‘ I stopped my eight- and ten-year-olds from watching Grange Hill , ’ she says , ‘ because it covered abortion and , however well it was done , I did not want their first experience of it to be through television . ’ |
| 30 | I there soon experienced my first dealings with corporal punishment . |