Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [vb past] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Norwegian biologist Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe made the first important observations on dominance , in the 1920s . |
| 2 | Stewart McGrane scored the first seven minutes after the break with the second not arriving until five minutes from the end , which says a lot for the Galashiels defence . |
| 3 | It 's 100 years on Sunday since Gentleman Jim Corbett won the first world heavyweight title under Queensberry rules . |
| 4 | WASHINGTON — General Dmitri Yazov became the first Soviet defence minister to visit the US yesterday , beginning a week of talks as the guest of his opposite number , Dick Cheney , writes Marc Champion . |
| 5 | In October Gen. Dmitri Yazov made the first visit to the USA by a Soviet Defence Minister , at the invitation of US Defence Secretary Dick Cheney . |
| 6 | When W. S. Rockstro made the first thorough-going attempt at a life of Handel in 1883 , he had before him a list of no fewer than 53 likenesses made during the composer 's lifetime . |
| 7 | In 1911 , Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole . |
| 8 | In 1830 the poet Southey edited the first high-quality edition , including a substantial biography of Bunyan . |
| 9 | Richard Baxter rented the first and second floors of the house , the ground floor being occupied by a cobbler . |
| 10 | Richard Baxter rented the first and second floors of the house , the ground floor being occupied by a cobbler . |
| 11 | He lived with his five brothers , sister and parents in an old building near the Cliff Hotel in Jaffa and he still remembered the day in 1935 on which Jean Damiani bought the first family car , a magnificent light green Buick saloon costing 350 Palestinian pounds , equivalent then to the same amount in sterling . |
| 12 | Eventually , in 1921 Marie Stopes opened the first birth control clinic . |
| 13 | RICHARD Wood became the first marketing and development officer for Durham Wildlife Trust last August . |
| 14 | Ellen Schneider-Lenne became the first woman on the board of Morgan Grenfell in its 151-year history , thanks to its takeover by Deutsche Bank . |
| 15 | President Ramaswamy Venkataraman paid the first state visit to China by an Indian President on May 18-23 . |
| 16 | Liverpool won 5-0 at Goodison Park , and Ian Rush became the first player to net four in a derby game since Freddie Howe in 1935 . |
| 17 | Woosie aside , most of us might score closer to the 100 with which Bernard Darwin won the first official Club meeting in 1893 . |
| 18 | JULIO Cesar Chavez escaped the first defeat of his 88-bout career and Pernell Whitaker retained the WBC welterweight title when they battled to a 12-round draw in San Antonio , Texas last night . |
| 19 | JULIO Cesar Chavez escaped the first defeat of his 88-bout career and Pernell Whitaker retained the WBC welterweight title when they battled to a 12-round draw in San Antonio , Texas , last night . |
| 20 | In 1555 Primož Trubar made the first translation of the New Testament into Slovene and in 1584 a Slovene grammar was produced . |
| 21 | On July 16 François Mitterrand became the first French President to attend the annual service held to commemorate the arrest and detention in 1942 of 12,884 Jews in the " Vel " d'Hiv " " cycling stadium in Paris . |
| 22 | American Al Martino had the first No. 1 in Christmas 1952 and since then some of pop 's most famous , and not so famous , names have joined the seasonal roll of honour . |
| 23 | In February Aquino became the first President of the Philippines to appear in court as she took the stand as a witness in support of her libel case against a newspaper columnist , Luis Beltran . |
| 24 | The first game was notable in that , apart from a demanding first win , Sebastian Sloane became the first Rugby schoolboy to score a five point try . |
| 25 | Simon Morris got the first try … |
| 26 | On eight minutes Armagh outhalf Simon Willis struck the first blow with a simple penalty . |
| 27 | Nova Scotia became the first province to break the compact earlier this year when it agreed to provide 16 infected individuals with a non-taxable $30,000 per year until they die , and to reimburse the cost of drugs , most of which are not covered by Medicare . |
| 28 | Professor Keishiro Okuma presented the first issue of the new journal Studia Celtica Japonica ( Toyohashi , 1988 ) , published by the Celtic Society of Japan , a welcome reminder of the wide span of international interest in Celtic studies . |
| 29 | South Africa ended the first day at 226–7 , recovering from 26–4 thanks to Jonty Rhodes ' defiant 91 . |
| 30 | Alan McLoughlin got the first after 18 minutes . |