Example sentences of "taken [adv prt] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rhos Quarry closed in 1953 — a godsend to Evan 's health as well as his career — and after working briefly in the forestry plantations he was taken on as the first National Nature Reserve Warden of the newly-formed Nature Conservancy Council . |
| 2 | Rumour had it that Sir Hector 's influence was the only reason George had been taken on in the first place . |
| 3 | They should never have been taken on in the first place , any bet , that our , our problem should never have been taken on in the first place . |
| 4 | They should never have been taken on in the first place , any bet , that our , our problem should never have been taken on in the first place . |
| 5 | Perhaps she was being a complete fool helping Craig Grenfell , was she allowing herself to be taken in by the first handsome man to come into her life ? |
| 6 | The general effect is taken over in the first red-figure ( fig. 87 ) ; but the black line which replaces incision is drawn with a brush , so by nature more malleable and fluid . |
| 7 | And when the offices of the Chief Justices of the Forest were finally abolished by statute in 1817 , their powers and duties also were taken over by the First Commissioner . |
| 8 | With a large entry angle a large proportion of the 4 minutes is taken up in the first turn overhead . |
| 9 | Under hypnosis she was taken back to the first day of her stay in hospital — the day before the operation itself . |