Example sentences of "[pers pn] took [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As it was soon to be finally and completely demolished , I took the first opportunity of looking round and about the old shed to see if I could find something , anything , of interest relating to the depot to add to my growing collection of ‘ Railwayana ’ .
2 On the first note of the following eight-bar break I took the first step , missed the second and somersaulted down the rest , orchestrated by drum rolls and cymbal crashes as the rest of the band dissolved into discord .
3 I got her letter yesterday and I took the first plane .
4 The next day I took the first bus back to New York .
5 She took the first train home .
6 She took the first set 6-4 but a sideways stretch to make contact with an English passing shot had the Belfast girl in trouble .
7 So she took the first lot back you know , the two boxes
8 A Miss , that 's right , she took the first class .
9 We took a first look at the pay and file provisions with the non-tax specialist in mind ( see ACCOUNTANCY , April , p 80 ) .
10 They took the first turning after the hotel and began to climb towards the Jenner Clinic .
11 He resumed his studies in 1948 at New College , Oxford , where he took a first class honours degree and was called to the bar a year later .
12 After winning scholarships at Winchester and at Balliol College , Oxford , he took a first class in literae humaniores in 1924 and was elected to a fellowship of All Souls which he held till 1945 .
13 But true to his plan not to do anything to interrupt , or to deflect me from , my studies , while I was up at Oxford , he took the first opportunity , now that I had gone down , to enlist my services with The Criterion .
14 And of course on the morning it was difficult to tell because before he took the first test he appeared to be fine until really the , the very last minute .
15 In 1910 he took the first division examination for the Civil Service and secured a place in the Home Office , which he joined in 1911 .
16 Either he took the first plane to Dublin , or he rejected them out of hand .
17 He took the first job he could find , washing dishes at the Wang Garden , a Chinese restaurant two blocks down the street from the hotel .
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