Example sentences of "see the first [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Klaasen 's contention that ‘ the only integration that has gone on so far has been among the top officials ’ seemed to be borne out by the fact that we had to wait for the penultimate game of the tours to seen the first nonwhite player take the field .
2 Tuesday sees the first TV screening of the controversial film Jesus of Montreal — it 's on Channel Four , starting at 10 p.m .
3 When asked what use it was , Franklin gave the same reply as when he saw the first balloon ascent in 1783 … ’
4 In 1965 and 1967 Medau was included in the Leeds Festival of Movement and Dance , and 1967 also saw the first Easter Course in Leeds , which for the next decade established the pattern of alternate years in the South and Leeds .
5 In the summer of the same year that saw the first air mail service across Western Canada I met Hollick-Kenyon by arrangement in New York .
6 Armistice day 1921 saw the first poppy day appeal , sponsored by the British Legion .
7 One survivor says : ‘ When I saw the first bomb fall , I knew that it was going to be a bad day for America ’ .
8 ( See the first aid section . )
9 See the first iron bridge ever built , and a series of working museums illustrating the skills and industries of the 18th and 19th centuries .
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