Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] a first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Marines brought in a first , small load of 30 bags of rice and grain to offer the local people as a gesture . |
| 2 | POST Office workers put up a first class performance blasting round Britain 's fastest motor racing circuits in a Royal Mail delivery van . |
| 3 | Conversely , the great revolution seemed less a first instalment of an even greater change than the last instalment of a past era : at best a splendid highly coloured memory , at worst a proof that there were no dramatic shortcuts to progress . |
| 4 | An area stretching from Oxford Street to Euston Station was sealed off and bomb squad officers carried out a first controlled explosion at 10.10pm . |
| 5 | Johnny Jamieson picked up a first half knock in the 2– defeat by Portadown but he is expected to be fit in time for Saturday . |
| 6 | Conrad Allen put in a first appearance on the track in the 600 metres at Crawley . |