Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [adv prt] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Renault set up the first European organisation to collect and recycle certain car parts which had not previously been dealt with . |
| 2 | The house in Denbigh Terrace , which was his home during and after his marriage to Kristen Tomassi , had been progressively colonised by the office ; Nik Powell took over the first floor ; board meetings were conducted in the lounge ; paperwork spilled into the bedrooms . |
| 3 | But with a nation glued to its sets , Hendry handed out the first of many tutorial beatings , which heralded a largely unproductive 2½ seasons for Wattana . |
| 4 | I am most concerned to read in The Lifeboat that David Scott- Cowper in the ex-lifeboat Mabel E. Holland carried out the first single handed navigation of the 2,000 mile North West Passage . |
| 5 | And then Jayne filled in the first day . |
| 6 | The Lions eased away after the anticipated all-action start from North Harbour and a 70-yard touch kick by Rob Andrew set up the first score in the ninth minute . |
| 7 | The government had been thinking about ways for the administration to maintain some degree of control over the colonies since the mid-1650s ; in 1675 Charles set up the first organization to establish any record of continuity , a sign that his possessions overseas were settling down into some sort of discernible order . |
| 8 | On Sept. 17 , Polish inspectors in the Netherlands carried out the first inspection of a NATO member state by a unit from a Warsaw Pact country . |
| 9 | Cottee finished off the first of a series of classic Everton moves to grab the equaliser before John Ebbrell put them ahead at the break . |
| 10 | And let's not forget that Waqar shot out the first four England batsmen in the second innings at The Oval with a new ball — and he was scarcely getting it off line . |
| 11 | In the 1950s , Professor Paul carried out the first experiments using a form of magnetic bottle — the ‘ Paul trap ’ — to isolate ionised atoms . |
| 12 | Augustus laid out the first Imperial residence in this part of Rome , followed by Tiberius , Caligula and Domitian ; Septimius Severus built here on a very large scale . |
| 13 | The poster has been displayed on Underground stations throughout London as part of the ‘ Art on the Underground ’ series , and on hand to help Adrian put up the first poster , naturally at The Oval station , was veteran commentator and director of The Cricketer , Brian Johnston ( both pictured left ) . |
| 14 | When John Moores set up the first Littlewoods catalogue in 1932 , housewives ' shopping clubs were all the rage . |