Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [art] first [num] " in BNC.

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1 In fact the England ‘ B ’ side played the first 45 minutes of that match with the command and control that seemed sure to produce a notable victory .
2 Young blood won the first two foursomes — Chris Bradshaw and Nigel Parsons by two and one , Mark Stewart and Martin Patmore by three and two .
3 After 22 hectic laps and 80 miles , only half a second covered the first four .
4 Last December the Royal Navy ordered the first two Type 22 frigates of a new design , with much heavier armament than design , predecessors .
5 Vale dominated the first 45 minutes against a Stockport side they dismissed from the second division play-off last Wednesday .
6 As the Austrian dominated the first eight races of the 16-race championship in defence of his world title , Hunt dominated the second half after Lauda 's horrific accident at the Nurburgring in August .
7 But the company said the first three months of this year had started satisfactorily .
8 Behind , away from home and down to 14 men , Kelso ought to have been down and out , but Jeffrey rallied his men in typical fashion and the visiting pack dominated the first 25 minutes of the second half .
9 A private operator won the first five franchises , but after that , the state company S J won all but one of the remaining sixteen .
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