Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | This made Wolverton Works the first in the UK to be completely powered and lit electrically . |
| 2 | I asked Alan to fish the first drift , in order to settle down , and towards the end he suggested that I put up the dap . |
| 3 | Did n't he mess up the header/flick on that allowed Sheron to score the first goal ? |
| 4 | Their efforts were compensation for an earlier breakdown in discipline ( verbal only ) which permitted Strett to kick the first of his two penalty goals . |
| 5 | I watched Pa mark the first blade with yellow chalk , pull down his welder 's mask , then winch up the grinding wheel till it just pinged against the right-hand end of the blades , throwing a couple of sparks . |
| 6 | The light speeded up as it got closer to you , but took ages to do the first part of the journey . |
| 7 | And it was Ralph Knibbs who took advantage to claim the first try for Bristol . |
| 8 | Konstantin Kavelin took the train from St Petersburg and persuaded Chicherin to write the first of his anti-governmental memoranda . |
| 9 | It was the geomantic sign and the powerful bull guild which persuaded Bladud to found the first university in the world at Stamford , and its influence made the town prosperous and important in the Middle Ages . |
| 10 | This enabled Mitsotakis to form the first single-party government since 1981 . |
| 11 | Rather as you expected East wins the first trick with the ten of diamonds , and at trick two leads the four of spades . |