Example sentences of "[coord] [vb -s] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | new marriage , new spouse intestacy rules , spouse is the nearest and gets the first lot so it presumes that having got married you want that spouse to have what you 've got . |
| 2 | Section 4 describes the wealth and asset return measures used and presents the first stage regression used to obtain instruments for expected returns . |
| 3 | ( Z ) This is a useful addition to the Agenda and gives the first intimation to members that they should book the date . |
| 4 | At the centre of this system is a conventional closed.loop stepping motor control , in which a START signal changes the phase excitation pattern once and initiates the first motor step . |
| 5 | Bobby Fischer beats Boris Spassky and becomes the first US chess champion : posing the question , Where is Reykjavik ? |
| 6 | An icy blast erupts from the caster and strikes the first unit in its path and within its range of 24″ . |
| 7 | The drive is lined all the way by graceful lime trees and provides the first hint as to the verity of Tennyson 's description of Gunby Hall in a poem dated 1849 , where he describes it was a ‘ haunt of ancient peace ’ . |