Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [verb] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | H. P. I 've seen inspectors go round the police huts and examine the First Aid Kit . |
| 2 | Robyn raised the glass to her lips and took a first sip ; she had a feeling that counting to ten was not going to work , but she tried it all the same . |
| 3 | She wrote it as a series of articles and sent the first three to Richard Crossman , then editor of the New Statesman . |
| 4 | Later Caroline specialised in Special Needs classes and introduced the first class to help stroke victims . |
| 5 | From the late eighteenth century the rise of the cotton industry not only reversed the long relative decline in the importance of textile exports but pushed the first industrial nation , if not in an entirely new direction , at least up a much steeper path . |
| 6 | Taking our places under the lights and feeling the first twinges of nervousness , we watched the cameras moving into position . |
| 7 | Chairman David Nairn thanked Grant for the open manner with which he had answered these questions and brought the first day 's business proceedings to and end . |
| 8 | Given that for every person who attends live opera , at least 1,000 more buy and enjoy reading poetry , will the Minister change his priorities and become the first legislator to acknowledge the unacknowledged legislators of the world ? |
| 9 | The drive is lined all the way by graceful lime trees and provides the first hint as to the verity of Tennyson 's description of Gunby Hall in a poem dated 1849 , where he describes it was a ‘ haunt of ancient peace ’ . |
| 10 | Two months later Deborah passed the Pony Rider tests and became the first Brownie in the Pack to win the badge with the pony on it . |
| 11 | His ‘ Wares had left their billets and accomplished the first part of the plan , leaving some of their number behind to allay suspicions . |
| 12 | Like the 41-foot tree trunk under which Hippocrates , the father of medicine , was said to have made the world 's first diagnoses and issued the first prescriptions . |
| 13 | In chapter 3 , we examine the emergence of the first handheld CD-ROM systems and preview the first palmtop CD-I player , due for launch in 1992 . |
| 14 | But when Mr Cheng looked at his papers and asked the first question , Hassan closed his eyes . |
| 15 | Cheshire , champions in 1990 and ‘ 91 , had halved the morning foursomes and shared the first four singles when Caldy 's Bailey claimed a 4 and 3 win over Neil Graham of Newcastle United . |
| 16 | Stirling himself spent a lot of time in Cairo wheedling supplies and planning the first operation . |
| 17 | In the Holy City of Mashad , Mrs Ghodssieh Alavi , a 50-year-old doctor associated with the ‘ pragmatist ’ faction supporting Mr Rafsanjani , took the highest number of votes and became the first Iranian woman to be elected outside Teheran . |