Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb past] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 31 | Donald silenced them as he sang the first line , rather solemnly , in a rich baritone : |
| 32 | As he spoke the first name , the half silence became a dense one . |
| 33 | The next night , Captain Edward ( Ted ) Parsons RE and his paddler , Leading Seaman Irvine , prepared to land , Ted Parsons taking a ducking as he tried the first time to board the canoe in a nasty swell . |
| 34 | As he delivered the first ball of his third over on that fateful sunny afternoon , his left knee split apart , fracturing in two . |
| 35 | Chris Broad looked set for a good knock as he crashed the first four of the day … but Gloucestershire then got themselves into trouble against the bowling of Gordon Harris … |
| 36 | He might even have been standing up as he tasted the first mouthful . |
| 37 | CARL LLEWELLYN ( Party Politics ) : ‘ As soon as he jumped the first fence I gained in confidence . |
| 38 | It appeared just as impregnable yesterday as he survived the first two sets without being broken . |
| 39 | As soon as he entered the first field to be cut his mates up-ended him and gave him the same treatment which stopped only when he shouted ‘ Beer ! ’ . |