Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] taken the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has thereby taken the first step towards adult sexuality in developing a wish for a baby . |
| 2 | The United Kingdom has now taken the first step towards European Monetary Union which is intended to lead eventually to a single European currency . |
| 3 | She remain uncertain still what was to be done with it , though she consoled herself with the thought that in entering the court of Le Grand Jeu and submitting to its verdict , she had already taken the first tentative steps . |
| 4 | Imminence : of course he saw it before the impulse had even taken the first step on its journey from her mind to her body . |
| 5 | SURGEONS at Harefield Hospital near London have secretly taken the first step toward implanting Britain 's first artificial heart . |
| 6 | A group of Hartlepool women have successfully taken the first step towards a career in creche work . |
| 7 | ‘ We have already taken the first steps towards that goal . |