Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] in [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Harris , who made 47 in the first innings and Puddle who promoted himself in the batting order had other ideas . |
| 2 | Alvaro Arzú was the former mayor of Guatemala City and co-founder with Alvaro Heredia ( the acting mayor ) of the right-wing National Advancement Party ( PAN ) , as whose candidate he came fourth in the first round of the election . |
| 3 | ‘ Needless to say , there were plenty of takers when I offered a small wager — but a few worried expressions when I scored five in the first seven games ! |
| 4 | ‘ I sometimes wonder why you became involved in the first place . ’ |
| 5 | BY a margin of two minutes 40 seconds the Soviet yacht Fazisi , with co-skippers Alexei Gryshenko and the American Skip Novak , finished sixth in the first leg of the Whitbread Round the World Race to Punta del Este , Uruguay . |
| 6 | Gryshenko , co-skipper of the yacht Fazisi , which finished sixth in the first leg of the Whitbread Round the World race , left a note to his wife and parents . |
| 7 | I live in Galway and have been supporting Leeds since 1977–1978 when I think we finished 5th in the first , endured the bad 80 's and have mostly enjoyed the 90's though a couple more trophies would n't go astray . |
| 8 | In the second half of last year , it had made a loss of £1m , and broke even in the first half of 1992 . |
| 9 | Only these two , both mares , from a field of 34 , went clear in the first round and then Raymakers , who had scored earlier in the day on Rinnetou , had to go first against the clock . |
| 10 | The throughswing position can give you useful clues about what went wrong in the first place . |
| 11 | But Scotland looked better in the first half when only penalties were scored . |
| 12 | And the other men saw him , and some would have sniggered at the fall that would follow such arrogance , and a few would have suffered in the knowledge that defiance brings only pain and punishment , and for one or two or three the young man who ambled erect in the first rank was a donor of comfort . |
| 13 | Rovers went third in the first division on Tuesday night with a resounding 3-0 win over Southend at Prenton Park . |
| 14 | Three Portrush penalty corners went unconverted in the first half . |
| 15 | Colette led 5–3 in the first set tie break but lost 4 points in a row to give the Americans their third consecutive set of the tournament . |
| 16 | St Andrews-born Andy Thomson and his England international colleague , Gary Smith , produced the quickest win of the day , needing just 14 ends to secure a straight sets win over Welsh pair Colin Edwards and Ieuan Terry , who led 3-2 in the first set but never scored again as their opponents recovered to win 7-3 , 7-0 , 7-0 . |
| 17 | Dragon Pallets ( Ian Fullerton , Dave Pearce ) won 2-1 in the first division against Light of India and Wing Half ( John Farrell , Ritchie Martin ) defeated MSC Eastham 2-0 . |
| 18 | Seton 's forecast proved accurate in the first part , at least . |
| 19 | Two players tested positive in the first two months and since then speculation , rumours , rows and ructions have been the order of the day . |
| 20 | That 's why the story sounded plausible in the first place — he knew enough about the operation to string us along . |
| 21 | Bureau trading volumes and sales of additional modules in both Europe and the US remained healthy in the first quarter , he said , while prospects for new licence sales are good . |
| 22 | Villa began the afternoon where they finished in May , one rung above the relegation places , although this time last year they stood fifth in the First Division . |
| 23 | Tie Rack opened nine stores and closed four in the first half , and plans to have opened another 14 by the year-end , of which at least five will be in the UK . |