Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Sept. 18 Isidore Mvouba was dismissed as Minister of Trade and Commerce after he failed to attend the first meeting of the Cabinet , attending instead a meeting of his own party , the ( formerly ruling ) Congolese Labour Party ( PCT ) . |
| 2 | Added to that , there was something about the Wartberg works that I found soothing the first time I went there for the interview . |
| 3 | She held the envelope to the light , squinting at it with one eye while she tried to read the first paragraph . |
| 4 | Sweden tried to take the first initiative only two days after the ending of the Maudling negotiations , inviting other states to send representatives to Stockholm to discuss how their trade policies might be better coordinated . |
| 5 | The acoustic front-end failed to detect the first vowel . |
| 6 | There was little chance of his being hit , but he slipped deliberately , pitching forward , striking the ground with his shoulder and rolling fast for the ravine where he 'd hidden the first gun . |
| 7 | ‘ You would n't think it so unexpected if you 'd seen the first nightclub I bought . ’ |
| 8 | George Roman read me and after I 'd done the first reading he asked me about my own attitudes to the Part and then told me his as a director , which were completely different . |
| 9 | It was a lame apology , but as she plunged into the cooler shadow of the house she knew she 'd used the first excuse which sprang to mind . |
| 10 | Without any shade of doubt , France deserved to win the first official Five Nations championship and — would have probably grabbed the Grand Slam as well — but for the Twickenham goal posts . |
| 11 | ‘ Ironically by the time we came to do the first episode again , my hair had grown a little longer , so it was n't quite as eye-catching , but even so I think it 's a very unrecognised feather in Doctor Who 's cap that we created the look which launched Vidal Sassoon on his road to fame and fortune . ’ |
| 12 | When I 'd finished the first prayer and turned to face him , I saw that he was kneeling . |
| 13 | But at least I 'd taken the first step , and not an easy step , considering what I 'd said to the doctor at our last meeting . |
| 14 | I had made my decision and I 'd taken the first step . |
| 15 | ‘ I remember one client who burst into tears before I 'd taken the first snip , ’ said top London stylist Trevor Sorbie . |
| 16 | It was in this way that Galle came to make the first sighting of the planet now known as Neptune . |
| 17 | Without this they could not communicate with one another , if each claimed to take the first place " . |
| 18 | He agreed to do the first voyage there and back before receiving payment , as long as Ralemberg agreed to underwrite the voyage , using his house as collateral . |
| 19 | Then he began to shift the first screen and leaned it against an adjoining stretch of wall . |
| 20 | I determined to spend the first part of my prison leisure working out my reasons for knowing I was right . |
| 21 | The three judges I met included the first woman judge to be appointed in Geurrero State . |
| 22 | Only once has he come close to losing his rag , when publicly embarrassed by his press secretary , Julie Hall , as she admitted giving the first name of the little girl at the centre of the health election broadcast row to the press . |
| 23 | But rather than wait for the English to be lured on to these snares , he decided to launch the first attack himself . |
| 24 | She may have misheard the word as dictated , but it 's much more likely that as she started writing the first syllable , she almost automatically shifted the word across to one she knows ( and can spell ! coffee causes problems , usually ) . |
| 25 | Started to load the first mexeflote raft with ammunition for MV Puma ( a chartered merchant ship carrying ammunition to the continent for troops in Germany ) , at 0950 hours . |
| 26 | The speedway fans started a campaign which was backed by the local MP and raised a petition signed by over five thousand names … today the speedway rulers decided to reorganise the first division and keep Swindon in it … |
| 27 | Further those who managed to survive the first university term did reasonably well but did not excel . |
| 28 | Blake managed to stop the first punch reaching its mark , but soon realized that he was also a target and a dozen people lashing out at him and his companion were not good odds . |
| 29 | He struggled to make the first team when we were in the second , and went on loan to a couple of spanish clubs , then was sold to some crap side for next to nothing . |
| 30 | The lavender hedge , as if in sympathy with their views , failed to survive the first fen winter and Sprogg 's Cottage remained Sprogg 's . |