Example sentences of "first [noun] [coord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The men about me began to shout as the line reached the first houses and a cheer came back . |
| 2 | Ledgered bread failed to catch for the first hour but a switch to three bronze maggot on a size 14 hook presented over the far side found chub to 2 lb 8 oz from peg one . |
| 3 | He fished bloodworm and a three metre whip from a peg near the greenhousees and after a blank first hour and a half eventually caught around 100 fish . |
| 4 | There are fourteen references to defence in the index of the old Government Commission files in Registry , and I have now wasted the first hour and a half of my working day checking through them all . |
| 5 | Not for her the gentle , feminine title First Lady and a background role choosing the Oval Office curtains . |
| 6 | Annabelle , for you this is a first marriage and a time of excitement and hope . |
| 7 | Steven , for you this is a first marriage and a time of expectation and hope . |
| 8 | Both rely on something lost being found , a sheep in the first parable and a silver coin in the second . |
| 9 | In the second category , ( for charities with income between £100,000 and £1m ) , first place and a prize of £1,000 was awarded to the Acorns Children 's Hospice . |
| 10 | An in–depth assessment from first principles and a cost/benefit analysis are not needed for every job . |
| 11 | Even before 1905 , a solidly-based mass press had come into being , and in the last decade of the Empire there was an explosion in the publication of newspapers , while the number of books appearing more than trebled in the first decade and a half of the century . |
| 12 | In the 1580s the Turkey Company and the Venice Company were founded , and in 1592 they combined to form the Levant Company , which learned enough about the riches of the Indies for various members of it to organize the East India Company , which had about £68,000 trading capital for its first voyage and a charter granted on 31 December 1600 . |
| 13 | Hart was twice married , having two daughters by his first wife and a son and daughter by his second , whose forenames were Susan Ellen . |
| 14 | I think the first minute and a half will stay with me for quite a while . |
| 15 | Jonny was given first prize and a cheque for £750 for the novelty of his idea and professional presentation . |
| 16 | Come the tournament he certainly putted well enough , and we were there after a 70 in the first round and a shot behind Jack Nicklaus after the second round . |
| 17 | Then again , is there any day in rugby that could n't be brightened by the sunshine talent of Campese , rugby union 's first superstar and a man with a sidestep to match Fred Astaire 's ? |
| 18 | The house had become far too large and expensive to maintain for Aunt Lou and so it had been altered , the top half being made into a separate flat on the first floor and a studio apartment created in the former attics . |
| 19 | It contains a methylation-free island , spanning the 5' flanking sequences and the first exon and a number of neuronal-specific DNase I hypersensitive sites have been identified in the upstream region as well as within the body of the gene . |
| 20 | The Postgraduate Diploma in Biotechnology may be taken by successfully completing the first year and a literature project . |
| 21 | The English had not been acquiring new subjects in the first century and a half of their overseas expansion ; for the next century and a half they acquired new subjects at a rate which would have been quite inconceivable if they had been dealing with men and women who thought about their political rights and obligations in terms of nationalism . |
| 22 | Witt , a big-serving 6ft 3ins American , produced a disastrous 12 double faults in the match but most of those came in the first set and a half when Wilkinson could hardly put a foot wrong . |
| 23 | Well , we really got on well together , and when the bell rang for the first round we went on to the first tee and an official is there to check out which clubs and what type of ball Butch is using . |
| 24 | This was the end of the first visit and a date , 10 days away , was arranged for the next visit . |