Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [vb past] the first " in BNC.
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1 | Leaks were the flavour of the year in 1983 , but the trouble was that neither Ken Clarke nor I had the first idea what report this was meant to be as there were no plans , secret or otherwise , for privatization . |
2 | I got her letter yesterday and I took the first plane . |
3 | I could n't find the entrance to the restaurant that night for a start , and I spent the first half hour of the evening circling the outside of the building looking for a way in — in full view of all the diners . |
4 | My wife and I spent the first days of our married life at Abbey St Bathan 's , on Whiteadder , when we stayed with a remarkable lady , Miss Gillon , in her gardener 's cottage . |
5 | For somewhat different reasons in each case , there is not entailment between I chose the first rose on the list and I chose the first flower on the list , nor between Mary was disappointed to receive a rose and Mary was disappointed to receive a flower ( perhaps she was expecting an orchid ? ) . |
6 | My timber all came from local sources : by pure chance one timber yard had recently acquired an elm butt and I purchased the first board ( a huge log sawn into 2in boards — the real stuff ) . |
7 | ‘ One paper asked me to pick the Derby winner and I picked the first four . |
8 | and er and then those Brownies got older and I started the first Girl Guides there |
9 | And I paid the first fine that I ever did . |
10 | And I missed the first game against Apoel because of the suspension I picked up . |
11 | ‘ No diet is easy and I found the first few days hard , but by the end of the first week my skin became clearer , my nails grew stronger and my hair was healthy and shining . |
12 | Had it succeeded , we would have been enriched by those labours which he afterwards devoted to his native country and which laid the first regular foundation for the science of veterinary medicine in Europe . |
13 | Yes , already the numbness of shock was fading , and she felt the first spasm of the enormous pain that awaited her , and she was frightened . |
14 | This time his kiss was a little more forceful , it lasted longer , and she felt the first light outbreak of heat on his skin . |
15 | He raised the bone knife to the wooden lips and she felt the first gentle cut . |
16 | He stood back then , and let her go , and she mounted the first flight , and the second , planting her fashionable square heels firmly on the beautiful old wood , which was austerely and very properly without covering , and recorded her movements accurately for anyone listening below . |
17 | Anne Dickie , Manager Royline Sales , said regional awards had been introduced so that the efforts and results of branches could be better highlighted and rewarded — and she praised the first three winners . |
18 | The defending solicitor tried to fault her on identification but she described the car as having a metallic paint job , wide wheels and a number of triangular stickers in the rear window ; she also thought that she could remember a couple of fluffy dice hanging from the rear-view mirror , and she gave the first three letters of the registration number . |
19 | Middle of the following week and we got the first reconciliation yesterday . |
20 | The effect held up ( although this time it was somewhat smaller ) , and we published the first paper describing the results in 1980 . |
21 | The triggers for Britain 's nuclear bombs were tested within their thick concrete walls and they housed the first experiments into radar.The buildings , on a remote spit of land on the Suffolk coast , may not be the oldest but they are certainly among the most historic and sinister in the ownership of the National Trust.They are on Orford Ness , a desolate wildlife haven , which has become the Trust 's latest acquisition at a cost of £3.5 million.Yesterday , in pouring rain and silence broken only by the eerie shriek of gulls , the buildings were shown to journalists for what is thought to be the first time since they were erected.Strands of barbed wire and a Ministry of Defence ‘ keep out ’ notice are now the only remaining evidence of the tight security , overseen by armed guards , which surrounded one of Britain 's most secret research establishments . |
22 | Several clubs from the Football League sought to tempt Harry away from the Palace , but without success , and he became the first Palace player to be awarded a Benefit by our club — it was the Southern League encounter with Coventry City at the Palace on 12 October 1912. 9,000 fans turned up and the Palace won 3–0 . |
23 | His heart was thudding hard against his ribs and he felt the first droplet of perspiration pop onto his forehead . |
24 | David Rees is Chairman of the Law Committee , and he introduced the first morning session , which dealt with the new rules for Administration Orders in personal insolvency . |
25 | Powell , taking a quick penalty , fed skipper Gander on the burst and he broke the first line of defence to surge clear . |
26 | In the U.S.A. , a new rocket for space exploration , called ‘ Little Joe ’ was launched in May 1964 , and it became the first in a series under the name of ‘ Apollo ’ . |
27 | and it happened the first |
28 | When Colin Mortlock and myself initiated the first phase of exploration on these cliffs in the 60s , we negotiated an access agreement with the commandant of the Castlemartin camp . |
29 | And you seeing what you 're playing tonight , I thought I ca n't , but I heard the first thing der der der , but then it goes der der der |
30 | I 'm not a great fan , but I enjoyed the first one , The Tempest , enormously and the evening went in a flash . |