Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [verb] the first " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Next , ’ said Amaranth , who had let drop the first two scarves on to the heads of the assembled press men , ‘ we have Gerald Kaufman , all vinegar and no chips . ’ |
2 | They were working up to the crucial ( as it was then ) question of how and why she had come to identify the first body as Uncle Mossycop 's . |
3 | She had had to work the first Sunday . |
4 | The Chelsea goalkeeper had agreed to join the First Division club as cover for Alan Knight . |
5 | Ruth had volunteered to cook the first meal . |
6 | On the river , another police launch had arrived to complement the first one . |
7 | In my statement to the House of 15 January , I explained th steps that I had taken to improve the first five environmentally sensitive areas designated in 1987 , my plans for reviewing this year those ESAs designated in 1988 , including any boundary adjustments , and my timetable for designating a further 12 areas this year and in 1993 . |