Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I began broadcasting when I was twenty-one — it was what I wanted to do more than anything , if you do n't count an early ambition to be Hopalong Cassidy or Flash Gordon — and I do n't think I 've had many happier moments than acting in my first radio play . |
| 2 | However , while preparing for its first congress , a split occurred because of disagreements over private ownership of the means of production and land . |
| 3 | Here is the metrical model of " Diffugere nives " , as presented in its first two lines : In J.B. Leishman 's translation ( Leishman 1956 ) this opening couplet is rendered as follows : The strophe continues : Leishman 's skill in adapting the metre is much to be commended ; there is great ingenuity , particularly in the adaptation of the English ing-forms ( " transforming " , " diminishing " , " hurrying " ) to the dactylic Graeco-Latin rhythms . |
| 4 | ‘ Just like arriving at any other golf club , ’ said Montgomerie abruptly when asked of his first trip up Magnolia Drive to the clubhouse . |
| 5 | As stated in our first Journal , we expect to work together with this society and we are therefore pleased to include the following announcements : — |