Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Michael Ramsey qualified only under the first of those epithets . |
| 2 | Each of these clear days of scattered apple and white pear tree blossom moved inexorably towards the first day when they set out without books and came home in the evening showing the pink or blue papers they had tested themselves against in the examination hall . |
| 3 | The Cristo Chapel , built soon after the first landing in the fifteenth century , was rebuilt during the sixteenth century and again in 1883 . |
| 4 | ‘ She received a very serious wound to the stomach and two slashes to her arm , apparently inflicted as she staggered away after the first attack . |
| 5 | Skipper Chris Dickson feathered the mainsail up the first weather leg so that navigator Erle could jury rig a new mainsheet arrangement before the load came back on the boom as the boat bore away around the first mark . |
| 6 | The Brook flows under the shops opposite , built just before the First World War . |
| 7 | In public perceptions the gap between Conservative unity and Labour unity narrowed sharply in the first few days of the campaign and again at the end , but actually increased very slightly in the third week . |
| 8 | Also , because the rats ’ behaviour changed immediately after the first reinforcement trial , Tolman argued that the results obtained could only occur if the rats had earlier developed a cognitive map , that is the mental representation of the particular special arrangement of the maze . |
| 9 | Cutting that over the numbers had me down and stopped well before the first intersection , a distance of around 400 metres , and I could have done much better if I 'd heaved on the brakes , which are single Goodyear discs with excellent stopping power . |
| 10 | I nearly crashed twice in the first lap . |
| 11 | It was developed and used primarily during the First World War as a means of preventing dogs , used in the trenches as messengers and for other activities , from betraying their positions by a casual bark . |
| 12 | I remember he laughed and I noticed properly for the first time what a lovely blue his eyes were and a little thrill went through me . |
| 13 | However , he would n't be surprised if it was announced at DECUS in Cannes in September and first shipments came right after the first of the year . |
| 14 | It should be stressed that all the 12 Steps were established and practised long before the first residential treatment centre came into being and that many people today get better without the help of treatment centres or professional counsellors but simply by depending upon the Anonymous Fellowships . |
| 15 | It was on this trip that a remarkable partnership came together for the first time . |
| 16 | Four of the five protagonists of this story — Greco-Macedonians , Romans , Jews and Celts — came together for the first time in the Hellenistic period . |
| 17 | Susan came downstairs for the first time on Christmas Eve , and was genuinely delighted to see how pretty Breeze had made the sombre old dining-room . |
| 18 | Guillimont equalised midway through the first half from the penalty spot , while Manor were unlucky not to regain the lead when the referee blew for half-time just before a Lee Clutterbuck shot crossed the line . |
| 19 | He said they played well in the first half , but then things went wrong in the second half , when Orrell had a bit of luck in scoring after a knock on . |
| 20 | At about this time , the BBC offered him a World Service job based in London and , at the age of 30 , he came here for the first time . |
| 21 | Reward came immediately with the first of 21 caps . |
| 22 | We played late on the first day and I went round in the morning spotting the pin positions , trying to get a feel for the course so I could give the right information to Nick . |
| 23 | She came across for the first time today , I was out egg yard getting some eggs |
| 24 | And another good old word is the crome , now er that was one I came across for the first time when I came into Suffolk , the crome . |
| 25 | The cathedral suffered grievously in the First World War , being bombarded mercilessly for four years , during which time it suffered 300 direct hits . |
| 26 | Mark Newbould scored twice in the first half for Stockton , Mark Gill added two more and Mark Briscow got the fifth after a run from halfway . |
| 27 | Manchester United lost to Sheffield United in the week and at Old Trafford this afternoon they were struggling again when Everton scored twice in the first half through Newell and Everton ; Everton the winners by two goals to nil . |
| 28 | But what does amaze me , is the reason why this motion came forward in the first place . |
| 29 | Chalford suffered again during the first half of the 19th century . |
| 30 | Villages as well as towns expanded rapidly during the first half of the nineteenth century . |