Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | He defeated fellow Scot Colin Montgomerie at the first hole of a sudden-death decider after the pair had tied on three-over-par 287 . |
| 2 | This shift led to the return in 1892 of Keir Hardie as the first independent labour MP , and in 1898 of the first labour council in British electoral history . |
| 3 | They knew of course that she was ‘ clever ’ because they had heard her being questioned by Miss Honey on the first day of term . |
| 4 | In front of the house was a typical Victorian garden which had been designed by Edward Kemp for the first Sir John : a few formal terraces , some bedding out , a tortuously clipped yew topiary and a small paved area with rose beds . |
| 5 | Steve Haston and Andy Newton on the first ascent of The Prisoner ( E1/2 ) , Thunderbird Zawn , Gogarth ( photo Andy Newton ) . |
| 6 | With a Mozart concerto framed by Beethoven and Richard Strauss in the first , and the British premiere of American composer John Corigliano 's First Symphony scheduled to be partnered by four Ravel pieces in the second , the originally announced programmes for its two Festival Hall concerts had been deliberately chosen to illustrate the Chicago 's versatility . |
| 7 | And you had the impression he knew that would be the case as he raced down Jefferson Avenue for the first time . |
| 8 | As I came into my room , I saw Edward Hyde for the first time . |
| 9 | By the time they had reached the end of Jefferson Street for the first time , the US Grand Prix was all over . |
| 10 | Lynch , who fell on Barney Maclyvie at the first 11 years ago , said : ‘ I have been told that a lot of good jockeys have fallen at the first fence in their first ride in the National and then gone on to win the race next time . |
| 11 | Having spent 7 years mastering the fine art of playing the violin , Bernard , feeling creatively stifled by ‘ middle aged people telling me what I was doing wrong ’ , chose to change his instrument after hearing Johnny Marr on the first Smiths records . |
| 12 | Fashanu is still included in Hearts squad to face Partick Thistle tomorrow and may partner Mo Johnston for the first and last time as John Robertson is almost certainly out . |
| 13 | After a few attempts I found I was turning like Robby Naish for the first part of the turn , then falling in on the inside of the turn . |
| 14 | Although you might turn like Robby Naish in the first part of the gybe , the rest of it will be a slow , wobbly affair . |
| 15 | The quote from the William Tell Overture in the first movement may be deliberately banal , but more to the point , I find that it actually is banal . |
| 16 | Meanwhile in the first Clubman 's Short Circuit meeting at Nutts corner , Ballymena rider Michael Turtle scored a double in the 250 races , beating Michael Arnott and Jeff Shaw in the first race , and Alan Fairley and David Richmond in the second . |
| 17 | First Division newcomers Birmingham City will be without midfielder Ian Rodgerson for the first two months of the season while he recovers from a groin operation . |
| 18 | Tapie 's suit will aim to force the French Federation and French League to name Marseille as the country 's representatives to play AEK Athens in the first round on September 15 . |
| 19 | The house was built for Earl Fitzwilliam in the first years of the 19th century by John Carr of York , then in his 80s . |
| 20 | On their way up to their office in the attic , therefore , Ian and Theodora had to pass the open doors of the offices of the Dean and the Archdeacon on the ground floor , and that of Canon Wheeler on the first . |
| 21 | He interviewed Mick Jagger for the first issue of May . |
| 22 | Indians of many parties have been terrified by the prospect of escalating Hindu-Muslim violence , highlighted in Meerut in Uttar Pradesh during the first round of voting , when 19 people were killed . |
| 23 | Wilkinson conceded that odds against the title going to Elland Road for the first time in 18 years have ‘ lengthened considerably ’ but he refused to throw in the towel . |
| 24 | A Christmas tree was put up in Moscow 's Red Square for the first time , and on Christmas Eve the bells of St Basil 's Cathedral in Red Square were rung for the first time since 1917 . |
| 25 | Thousands of soviet radicals have jeered and booed President Gorbachev in Red Square during the first non-communist MayDay celebrations . |
| 26 | HAPPY RETURN BIRTHDAY boy Jimmy Connors conducts the crowd in a chorus of ‘ Happy Birthday ’ after demolishing Jaime Oncins in the first round of the US Open . |
| 27 | India are currently in South Africa as the first black nation to play the Republic in a Test series while England 's invitation to visit The Cape is still in the pending tray . |
| 28 | All the rugby roads lead to Twickenham this weekend … where England are playing South Africa for the first time in over 20 years … |
| 29 | England have been in trouble twice this season , upset by Canada 's pack at Wembley and shunted alarmingly by South Africa during the first half . |
| 30 | At least 79 people died in police custody in South Africa in the first eight months of 1992 . |