Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [art] first [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And subsequent tradition , a posteriori , will proclaim Simon Peter the first Bishop of Rome and the founder of the papacy .
2 but you 're on about something else , you said the first thing I 'd do , that 's got nothing to do with Harold Wilson the first thing I if I were in power
3 The ‘ baby-boomers ’ , generally liberal in social matters but not particularly engaged in Democratic politics , saw in Mr Clinton the first president who had shared their experiences .
4 Having received that payment , the plaintiff handed over to Samuel Revill the first note and endorsed on the second — the note for £110.13s.4d. — ‘ received on account of Samuel Revill £47.1s.4d. ; this sum , with the amount of the first note , make £100 . ’
5 T. D. The first time I saw a football was when a caseball hit a horse in the face , and the horse reared up .
6 And the National Rivers Authority has pledged to introduce 200,000 salmon a year for the next four years into the cleaned-up River Tees the first time the fish have been in the river in any numbers in the last 30 years .
7 August : South African President de Klerk the first South African head of state to visit the island , signed an agreement to expand economic relations .
8 Ireland will go to New Zealand with Derek McAleese the first choice and Peter Russell the back-up .
9 Behind Lord John the first beam of sunlight struck like a golden lance across the world 's rim .
10 When Sarah got back to the attic bedroom in Newcastle Place the first thing she did was open the window , letting in damp , wintry air .
11 Nowhere seemed to be safe from the searching French guns ; during the first days of March one regiment lost more men while behind the lines in reserve than during its assault on Haumont Wood the first day of the offensive .
12 On board the MV Thorhavn the first officer was from Helsinki .
13 Castleford ..... 20 New Zealand .... 22 A TRY five minutes from the end by Kurt Sherlock , the former All-Black centre , brought New Zealand the first victory of their tour at Wheldon Road last night .
14 At Old Windsor the first group of five were Pavelka/Gots , Jannis/Jannis , Valerosi/Rossi , Ballard/Slater and Williams/Martin .
15 Baker 's principal lieutenant on Capitol Hill was Max Friedersdorf the first head of the new administration 's Congressional liaison office .
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