Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] as [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his History of the English Church and People , the eighth-century monk and historian , Bede , named Ella as the first ‘ High-King ( Bretwalda ) , of all the provinces south of the Humber ’ . |
| 2 | The championships were reduced to an all-English affair when Adrian Davies , the Welsh No 1 , joined Nicol as a first day exit . |
| 3 | In the same camp are several largely left-wing popular movements that portray Maastricht as the first step towards a European superpower and the end of Denmark as an independent state . |
| 4 | For although Piper 's manager Frank Warren thinks Benn believes he has made a big mistake in selecting Piper as a first challenger and does n't fancy the job , I suspect the opposite is true — he may think it is going to be too easy . |
| 5 | Kilfedder 's vote seems highly personal and only those who are close to the political scene in North Down can know whether natural supporters of UPNI and Alliance had Kilfedder as a first and personal preference , and then reverted to their natural allegiance , or whether the position was reversed . |
| 6 | Okay so now suppose you have Florence as the first noun in T three and herself no do it the other way round , suppose you had herself as the first noun and T three Florence okay then you 'd find Florence does C command herself but it should n't |