Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [vb past] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , when the first priest arrived , he wanted to live in Tala-Tala near the kirk , so this became the first hospital , and this , ’ he almost kicked the battered old trunk , ‘ became the first filing cabinet . |
| 2 | 18–7 James McDonald , a servant at Islay House , asked for baptism for his child and this brought the first case of antenuptial fornication . |
| 3 | The importance of this discovery can not be over-estimated , for through it I was led on to the further discovery of the Primary Control of the workings of all the mechanisms of the human organisms , and this marked the first important stage of my investigation . |
| 4 | The war brought , however , a number of naval victories and 1740 saw the first performance of Rule Britannia , which soon acquired the status of a second national anthem . |
| 5 | Annual gate receipts rose during the period from £1,55 to £5,309 , and 1912 saw the first four-figure profit — just over £1,000 . |