Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [prep] first [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The majority of information on coffin types comes as a result of the recent introduction of funerary studies in archaeology and vault examinations — much from work carried out in the 1980s at such places as Christchurch , Spitalfields , at Hinton St George , Somerset , and Withyham , Sussex — where opportunities arose to study at first hand coffins dating from the sixteenth century to the present day . |
2 | Its management decided to start from first principles by developing critical success factors . |
3 | On reaching Port Said , however , the captain declared that Annesley would have to be more respectably attired if he wished to continue in first class . |
4 | He also looked likely to join Sheffield Wednesday at one stage but in the end had to settle for First Division Newcastle . |
5 | Rawlinson wished to attack at first light , or even earlier ; the French insisted on waiting until daylight so that they might gauge the effect of their all-night artillery fire . |