Example sentences of "[vb past] the first [noun sg] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They became the first club since the war to win the Cup and the League , and were the first to win the League on goal average . |
| 2 | The hostility which this aroused , as well as his role as royal guardian of London , resulted in his death at the hands of a furious mob and he thus became the first bishop since Becket to be murdered . |
| 3 | Rovers dominated the first half as Atkins hit a 25-yard drive narrowly wide , Cook blocked another from Atkins and Sellars curled a shot wide of Stowell onto the far post . |
| 4 | But the eight-time Wimbledon champion lost the first set as the Czechoslovak brought her down with her huge serve and she looked a bag of nerves . |
| 5 | it was very clever , I watched the first couple because people who like Harry Enfield 's comic characters switched on , just to see what he was like and before you knew it you were twenty minutes into a half hour programme and you stuck with it to the end . |
| 6 | The law upheld the first system as long as the aristocracy was supreme . |
| 7 | I know people imagined I was much older than I was when they saw the first film because some newspapers referred to me as ‘ the Old Lady of the Dales ’ . |
| 8 | A young buck private saw the first body as they approached the village . |
| 9 | All three parties to the Bosnia talks attended the first meeting since the current round began two weeks ago and the Bosnian president , Alija Izetbegovic , said he would sign key documents in a peace package . |
| 10 | Oxford Crown Court was told that Cannon , who 's from Bristol , struck the first blow because he thought he was about to be attacked . |