Example sentences of "[noun prp] and [noun] [vb past] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the 1988 tournament , held in Hong Kong , South Korea and Japan emerged first and second respectively and went on to play Western Samoa and Tonga for two berths in the 1991 World Cup . |
| 2 | Victoria and Alex learned first never to call this loyalty by its name , never to identify or analyse it , but to live it . |
| 3 | As to the three first designs it must be recollected that while the first prize for the Foreign Office was awarded to Messrs. Coe and Hofland , yet they did not compete for the War Office again , while in the opinion of Mr. Burn and that of the assessors , Messrs. Banks and Barry stood first in merit for the Foreign Office ; yet , according to the same opinion , they were unsuccessful for the War Office , while Mr. Scott stood second both for one and the other . |
| 4 | As the architects of the president 's legislative strategy , Baker and Friedersdorf moved first to gain control of the legislative agenda . |
| 5 | There was little left that bore any resemblance to the original landscape in which Stephen and Christina had first holidayed . |
| 6 | His office had changed greatly since John and Nora had first seen it . |