Example sentences of "[pers pn] make [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She never knew which one of them made the first move , but suddenly , unaccountably , she was in his arms , his hands pressing against her back to draw her closer still . |
| 2 | Then , with Dawn keeping careful watch on Sandy 's breathing , Sophie took up a scalpel , and , after one long moment of hesitation , she made the first incision . |
| 3 | She made the first breach in my armourplating of male superiority . |
| 4 | Okay having done that we discussed what the content of the course was going to be and then I asked you to make a first presentation . |
| 5 | Let him make the first move . |
| 6 | When cooking with the children we want to finish with something eatable , so we are likely to add the liquid carefully ourselves , but we could let children experiment with the play-dough and if they make the first lot too soggy , more flour and salt can be added without much trouble until they make a ‘ workable ’ dough , and there can be plenty of conversation about too much , too little , a little more , a lot more and enough . |
| 7 | Hotspur hung back from him , and let him gather himself , waited , indeed , for him to make the first assay , and put it by when it was made with the utmost care and forbearance . |
| 8 | If he was at all interested it was up to him to make the first move . |
| 9 | She wanted desperately to reach out to him , but she knew that she had to wait for him to make the first move . |
| 10 | Karajan 's response to Honegger 's Symphonie liturgique and its near contemporary , Strauss 's Metamorphosen , of which he made the first recording in 1947 , provides specifically musical evidence of Karajan 's priorities and allegiances that I have yet to see considered by those who have become so concerned to analyse and recycle often erroneous information about his alleged political sympathies before and during the Second World War . |
| 11 | He made the first recording of the human electrocardiogram in 1887 , an important advance which , in other hands , had widespread applications in medicine . |
| 12 | Now in his 40s , he made the first solo ascent of Point Young on the Grandes Jorasses in August . |
| 13 | In 1933 he made the first crossing of the uninhabited interior wilderness of Iceland with a wheeled vehicle — his bicycle . |
| 14 | Oh well it er General , he made the first road . |
| 15 | He made the first goal with a delightful , a dazzling run . |
| 16 | Will he make the first team or will be another warmer for the subs bench ? |
| 17 | It is up to them to make the first move . ’ |