Example sentences of "the [noun] [vb past] [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The cutlets yes , certainly , since the Prince rejected them first time round , and asked for them later , ’ dredging up memories from the depths of his mind . |
| 2 | The Korean armistice was signed in July 1953 ; the first Soviet hydrogen bomb was tested in August ; the RAF received its first British atomic bombs into service with the V Force in November ; and at the turn of the year , Foster Dulles announced the United States ' twin policies of ‘ massive nuclear retaliation and the containment of the Soviet Union ’ . |
| 3 | When the measure received its first reading in Strasbourg , MEPs secured a number of changes on , for instance , the definition of polymers , safety data sheets and compulsory use of child-proof containers for dangerous substances intended for domestic use . |
| 4 | The smell hit her first . |
| 5 | It was here that the Germans experienced their first unpleasant surprise of the campaign . |
| 6 | At Murten in 1476 the Confederates won their first victory over Charles the Bold 's Burgundian army . |
| 7 | But the striker hit his first shot weakly at Andy Goram . |
| 8 | On May 2 the FMLN mounted their first major offensive since November 1989 [ see p. 37037-38 ] , attacking military posts and dynamiting electricity pylons throughout the country and penetrating into the exclusive suburb of Escalón in the capital , San Salvador . |
| 9 | The JNCC held its first meeting on March 19 at which both sides were reported to have put forward proposals . |
| 10 | The Association appointed its first full-time Marketing Manager , . |
| 11 | The CUMS celebrated its first local congress in October 1982 and drew up an organizational structure to give equal representation to all the organizations of women which wished to participate . |
| 12 | Bill Levy took over as editor , and Mick Farren , whose relationship with It was to survive the history of the underground made his first appearance . |
| 13 | In 1988 , the Brazilian won his first title when the ‘ 11 out of 16 ’ rule applied , despite Prost having a higher gross total . |
| 14 | How the Echo brought you first news of the Turkish interest in Rosenthal yesterday . |
| 15 | That September the President made his first significant move to provide military equipment to the British government . |
| 16 | In the same year the Department gained its first Deputy General Manager with the promotion of Anthony Depledge from Traffic Manager . |
| 17 | The programme completed its first year in May during which time 25 miles of footpaths were improved . |
| 18 | In 1960 the TBC commissioned its first audience survey . |
| 19 | That day the Brigade gave their first public display , and these events , with the rescue from a burning building as the highlight , were to continue into the 1930s . |
| 20 | The Club celebrated its first 50 years in style , viz. an extract its first 50 years in style , viz. an extract from the Henley Standard of July 25th , 1958 : ‘ Weekend of Celebration at Harpsden . |
| 21 | It will be noted that 68 of the authors published their first related paper in the Scottish Journal of Geology . |
| 22 | Sixty-eight of the authors published their first related paper in the Scottish Journal of Geology . |
| 23 | In 1899 the Secession held their first ( as an alternative to the Salon ) exhibition ; here no foreign painters were exhibited , but at the same time neither were the didactic and patriotic paintings typical of the Salon . |
| 24 | Last year the consortium made its first ‘ operating profit ’ . |
| 25 | The council held its first session on Dec. 14 and conferred the rank of general on President Saparmurad Niyazov , in his capacity as supreme commander of the armed forces . |
| 26 | The CNAA gave its first approval to a modular course , for example , in 1972 — the logic of which was ultimately to bring the Council strongly into the field of credit accumulation and transfer . |
| 27 | The proposal passed its first and second readings in the European Parliament with minimal amendments , and was adopted in March 1993 substantially upon the lines of the text published in July 1992 . |
| 28 | And how many people can comprehend a George Harrison not even out of his teens when The Beatles had their first Number One ? |
| 29 | I 'd hardly got comfortable when another lady — older , but still born after The Beatles had their first Number One — wearing a pink trouser suit with waistcoat , announced herself as the hospital administrator and told us to follow her . |
| 30 | And the week the Beatles released their first single , a cinema legend was born … the first James Bond film , Dr. No , with newcomer Sean Connery and a daringly bikini-clad Ursula Andress . |