Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pron] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked round , somewhat disappointed his first resolution met no opposition . |
| 2 | It so happened her first shop , called The Body Shop , opened next door to an undertaker 's in Brighton . |
| 3 | Instead , an extremely average Southampton side occasionally broke out , threatening to punish a United side that only managed its first point of the season against Ipswich at Old Trafford on Saturday . |
| 4 | She only knew his first name and that he was from somewhere near Luton , Beds . |
| 5 | And so ended my first meeting with young Higgins . |
| 6 | She so wanted her first day as Official Dog Chaser to go well . |
| 7 | I there soon experienced my first dealings with corporal punishment . |
| 8 | Yet he soon divorced his first wife , quite casually , to cement a treaty against his brother Carloman , and certainly paid little or no attention to orthodox Christian morality . |
| 9 | Then I phoned everybody and said , ‘ Well , I just finished my first movie . ’ ’ |
| 10 | Colorado Springs-based Cray Computer Corp finally shipped its first Cray-3 supercomputer . |
| 11 | Colorado Springs-based Cray Computer Corp finally shipped its first Cray-3 supercomputer . |
| 12 | " You only just took your first course . " |
| 13 | It was n't until France toured Australia in 1990 that he finally won his first cap . |
| 14 | We all were introduced to our leaders and they soon explained our first task . |
| 15 | Brian McMillan just missed his first Test century yesterday , then grabbed three wickets to put India in a shaky position , the visitors ending play at 128–6 . |
| 16 | ‘ My homesite was Cape Wrath but before I ever made my first flight a Man came and … ’ and he began to tell her his story , of the Zoo , of the Cages , of the Men there and his sudden escape … only leaving out mention of the other eagles in the Cages for in his heart he knew their pride would ask that he did not mention their names to a free eagle , nor would they wish for pity from outside . |
| 17 | Secretary of State , Sir Patrick Mayhew , yesterday made his first utterance on the renewed cycle of violence . |
| 18 | Herewith came our first culture shock . |
| 19 | LEIGHTON JAMES , the former Bradford coach and Welsh international , yesterday took his first steps on the managerial ladder when he was named as the new boss of Beazer Homes Premier Division strugglers Weymouth . |
| 20 | SWITZERLAND 's Pirmin Zurbriggen yesterday won his first race in over a year in the World Cup Alpine super-giant slalom down Sestriere 's fast and slippery Kandahar course , while the overall champion , Marc Girardelli , crashed and was taken to hospital . |
| 21 | Chris Sheasby 's England squad yesterday had their first training session in the local conditions — a sand pitch and temperatures of 86 degrees . |
| 22 | ‘ They wear blue rosettes and everything , ’ says Bill , who yesterday gained his first granddaughter ( Sarah Jane ) after five lads . |
| 23 | SRI LANKA yesterday clinched their first Test victory over New Zealand with a crushing nine-wicket success in Colombo . |
| 24 | Sri Lanka yesterday clinched their first Test victory over New Zealand with a crushing nine-wicket success in Colombo . |
| 25 | He also made his first descent from a balloon by parachute . |
| 26 | The club also played its first match in October 1908 ( at Henley ) , against Peppard Golf Club at its suggestion . |
| 27 | The Institute also received its first complaint about the way it has fulfilled its role as an RSB : this has been passed on to the Institute 's ombudsman Anthony Surtees for review . |
| 28 | Wolfgang also began his first string quintet , K.174 , and completed a serenade containing a mini-violin concerto , in the traditional Salzburg fashion . |
| 29 | This tour of duty also included my first spell in command when Phil took his three weeks ' leave . |
| 30 | I also saw my first fulmar , sweeping the cliffs on stiff wings , endlessly gliding with miraculous ease ; hen harrier haunted the moorlands ; golden plover and curlew cried plaintively from banks of peat ; statuesque heron stared balefully into shallow pools ; widow-black cormorant dried their dark wings on seaweed-covered rocks . |