Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [conj] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | You got so that the first thing you did every day was to go into the kitchen and say good morning to it . |
| 2 | In early April the excitement built up as the first shoals of mackerel were expected . |
| 3 | The Morning Post joined in when the First Sea Lord , Sir Francis Bridgeman , resigned in 1912 and Bonar Law took up the issue too , suggesting that Bridgeman had been " brutally ill-used " by Churchill . |
| 4 | Mary shivered and turned away as the first clods of earth thudded onto the coffin . |
| 5 | We arrived just as the first eggs were hatching . |
| 6 | This looked harder than the first two and I was concerned . |
| 7 | Then at last a cheer went up as the first portions of the ‘ bicentenary pie ’ were served to the 50,000 people who presented their £1 tickets . |
| 8 | " The soldiers went out and the first creature they found was Rabscuttle , grazing on the hill-top . |
| 9 | But the stars soon lost their sheen and went out as the first strain of light eased away the darkness . |
| 10 | On 20 June Peugeot went back and the first sackings of trade union leaders occurred . |
| 11 | She spoke almost before the first ring had finished . |
| 12 | But I have twice dreamt of being led to the noose , the second time I got closer than the first , I hope I never have a third ! |
| 13 | But I have twice dreamt of being led to the noose , the second time I got closer than the first , I hope I never have a third ! |
| 14 | Whether this new investigation has been ordered partly as a response to the assertions made by the New York firm of O'Toole-Ewald Arts Associates , whose services Goldreyer engaged just after the first report was released by the Rijswijk laboratories , is not certain . |