Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Armstrong fought in the First World War and was a war artist in the Second , sharing with other Surrealists the challenge of creating a pattern out of devastation . |
| 2 | Paul Weston scored in the first half for Stockton , but it was not until the last five minutes that Paul Bromley crossed for their second try . |
| 3 | However , this turned out to be , in reality , another part of Kaiser Wilhelm 's expansionist policy , so the concessions were cancelled in 1905 and in 1914 , when Portugal joined in the First World War , all German interests were taken over by the Portuguese Government . |
| 4 | But Forest , who only let Walker go in the first place because he had a release clause in his contract , will also be in the hunt . |
| 5 | There were heats , and Jefferson ran in the first . |
| 6 | The sophistication and range of this style of cooking grew , as Sheila describes in the first chapter of her book . |
| 7 | Billie Jean King played in the first five Federation Cup finals . |
| 8 | ( The Pentateuch or the Torah is the Law of Moses found in the first five books of the Old Testament . ) |
| 9 | Airdrie and Falkirk clashed in the First Division 's match of the day last Saturday , the home side going ahead through a scrambled goal by Andy Smith in the twenty sixth minute , and it looked like that was going to be enough for two points . |
| 10 | Airdrie and Falkirk clashed in the First Division 's match of the day last Saturday , the home side going ahead through a scrambled goal by Andy Smith in the twenty sixth minute , and it looked like that was going to be enough for two points . |
| 11 | In his resignation letter Garrett reiterated his ignorance of what had occurred , but accepted " full responsibility " for the Navy 's response and for the " leadership failure " which had allowed " the egregious conduct at Tailhook to occur in the first place " . |
| 12 | Chaucer worked in the first Customs House , and Pepys saw the building of the first wet dock at Blackwall . |
| 13 | Taking a clearance from Nilsson , Sheridan found Palmer , whose centre left Williams to snap in the first goal from close range . |
| 14 | As Jeffrey Richards showed in the first of three talks on Sexuality in the Middle Ages ( Radio 3 , Monday ) , you can always get past a lack of obvious data to find out the sort of thing that goes on in bedrooms . |
| 15 | Here is a sample from conversation with two psychologists , the topic of conversation being the linguistic difficulties — particularly , the intrusions of completely unwanted and irrelevant words — KC experienced in the first few weeks after his stroke . |
| 16 | Famed for his grace and artistry , Jack played in the first Wembley Cup final in 1923 and again three years later . |
| 17 | Apart from Jason Fogerty , Giants ' tallest players offered little threat inside , while playmaker Jerry Johnson spluttered in the first half . |
| 18 | Europe experienced in the first half of the twentieth century a simultaneous cultural , spiritual and political breakdown . |
| 19 | The efficiency gains that RBS wrought in the first few months of Project Columbus reflect how much fat it was carrying . |
| 20 | Top scorer Craig Maskell whacked in the first . |
| 21 | Intangibles included in the first two components may be capitalised as assets , provided that the company 's directors and auditors are satisfied that the amount at which they are capitalised is no greater than their recoverable amount . |
| 22 | Like Jim Larkin said in the First World War , ‘ Hang the Kaiser and all his relatives ’ , ' he said . |
| 23 | The project 's main aims and objects are set out in an editorial by R. B. McKerrow carried in the first issue . |
| 24 | Mark Bright and David Hirst struck in the first half , with Carlton Palmer and Roland Nilsson adding two more to kill off Rangers . |
| 25 | You do n't need a theological background to see there is a difference between the way that Paul writes in the first part of chapter 15 and in the second . |
| 26 | She remembered Elizabeth saying in the first weeks of her engagement to Alex , ‘ Do you know , you 're a rather intimidating couple ? ’ and she had been tempted to reply , ‘ Oh , we are , we are . ’ |
| 27 | constitute a challenge to interference theory only to the extent that this theory is constrained to predict that the aversive CR acquired in the first stage of training should fail to transfer fully to a new test context . |
| 28 | At about the same time , Jamal Hamadan put in the first of the 60 telephone calls he would make from Paris to Fawaz Younis in Beirut before the trap was sprung . |
| 29 | Mike McFarlane ran in the first semi-final , got away to a brilliant start and was never headed , recording 10.22 seconds . |
| 30 | Making his 17th successive appearance since replacing Henry Smith in December , Walker was voted man of the match , which was mainly thanks to a fingertip save from a Michael O'Neill shot in the first half and a crucial stop which denied Paddy Connolly with only ten minutes remaining . |