Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] [prep] [pos pn] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir John Harvey-Jones , who led ICI to its first billion-pound profit in 1984 , was always going to be a hard act to follow . |
| 2 | Accordingly , he read arts in his first year ; commerce ( which included accounting , commercial law , political science and a couple of doses of mathematics ) in his second ; arts ( though strangely retaining political science ) for his third and fourth years , to which was added zoology . |
| 3 | And Liberty , which provided Fornasetti with his first outlet in Britain thirty years ago , is staging a selling exhibition in furnishings department from October 2 to November 6 . |
| 4 | Townsend oozed confidence from his first kick to touch , and he agreed after the match that being part of the Scottish squad had done much to sharpen his game . |
| 5 | The newly founded National Anti-Contagious Diseases Acts Association excluded women from its first meeting . |
| 6 | Starting his first League game since his surprise £2 million summer move from Highbury , he helped Leeds to their first win in seven games — clinched through goals from Chris Fairclough , Lee Chapman and Gary McAllister , who hopes to sign a new contract this week , — by dominating the middle of the park . |
| 7 | She attracted attention from her first appearances on stage while still a student . |
| 8 | The rock was unusual , but my Boston conglomerate experience helped a lot and the great protection boosted confidence for my first lead of the season . |
| 9 | Although Paisley drove Doherty to his first meeting with Murdoch and Marshall , there is no evidence that he was himself involved in the discussions . |
| 10 | Mount Fuji , Japan , was the scene of the final act as Japan played host to its first World Championship Grand Prix . |
| 11 | CASTLEFORD boosted hopes of their first ever championship with a fifth successive win . |
| 12 | Mr Hooker estimates that 12 years ago , when he paid £1.50 for his first grip , there were up to 100 collectors of whom he knew a couple of dozen . |
| 13 | In 1981 he skippered Harrogate to their first Yorkshire Cup victory for 17 years and coached them back to cup-winning form when they beat Otley in the final at Morley last April . |
| 14 | In 1981 he skippered Harrogate to their first Yorkshire Cup victory for 17 years and coached them back to cup-winning form when they beat Otley in the final at Morley last April . |
| 15 | When Mr Cod was a puppy , Simon Cowell , the man who signed Sinitta to her first recording deal , bought her a Yorkshire Terrier to keep Mr Cod company . |
| 16 | Twenty years ago this autumn I finished work on my first full-length book , a guide to edible wild plants called Food for Free . |
| 17 | Ten years later the Congregationalists followed suit with their first International Council : the suggestion here had come from Australia . |
| 18 | Look at Tradecraft , for example , who recently raised £300,000 on its first share issue , and then £1,000,000 on its second . ’ |
| 19 | HarleyScreen has traded since September 1989 and recorded losses in its first two financial periods because of high start-up costs . |
| 20 | Fletcher , who , as captain , guided Essex to their first eight trophies between 1979 and 1985 , is widely expected to replace Micky Stewart at the end of this season when he retires , probably to take up a role with the TCCB . |
| 21 | Almost 60,000 readers took part in our first poll . |
| 22 | GRAHAM Taylor was down to the bare bones today when only 14 of his England squad took part in his first Bisham training session before next week 's critical World Cup clash against Poland . |
| 23 | Putting his left arm round Donald 's shoulder , he took advantage of his first relaxation from the spasm of pain , to raise the glass to his lips , push his head back and , as if he were administering medicine to Maisie , roll the fluid past the perfectly kept teeth . |
| 24 | ‘ Absolutely staggering ’ was how Wright viewed Wearside on her first visit . |
| 25 | Jurassic Park beat the record set by Batman Returns , which took £31.8m in its first four days . |
| 26 | It was unquestionably the worst Cabinet meeting that took place in our first period of office . |
| 27 | Lou Macari took charge of his first Celtic training session this afternoon at Seamill in preparation for the Old Firm clash at Ibrox tomorrow . |
| 28 | Lou Macari took charge of his first Celtic training session this afternoon at Seamill in preparation for the Old Firm clash at Ibrox tomorrow . |
| 29 | In addition to Stewart , Russell , Kuruppu and Tillekaratne , Asanka Gurusinha kept wicket in his first Test match against Pakistan at Karachi in November 1985 . |
| 30 | Twenty-five years ago the Royal Air Force took delivery of its first Hercules Aircraft , and since then it 's proved its worth time and time again . |