Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Go right round a f these the field and cut your first swathe out and tie it up with a a load of the straw that you 'd cut and bind it up , bundle it up and shove that in the hedge bottom . |
| 32 | My problem , as you call it , is that he was 19 and serving his first year in the Light Infantry , in the Bogside of Londonderry , and the weapon that shot him dead was an MI6 high-velocity rifle , product of America , put into the hands of those scum by scum in America protected by American judges . ’ |
| 33 | I rang and told her first thing yesterday morning . |
| 34 | I had to learn and to make many new things , and it was a year before I cooked and ate my first bread . |
| 35 | This is one of the best plays to have come out of Russia since Chekhov and received its first performance in this country in Oxford in 1966 , with Judi Dench and Ian McKellen in the cast . |
| 36 | Three of her works were played , one of them , a Trombone Concerto was commissioned by Paragon and received its first performance . |
| 37 | Born in Edinburgh , Allan Ramsay was precociously talented and received his first commissions while still a teenager . |
| 38 | He made his League debut against Arsenal at Hillsborough in November 1991 and scored his first goal for the club in the third round FA Cup victory over Preston . |
| 39 | Remarkably , Fender was not naturally right-handed , and scored his first boyhood century as a left-hander . |
| 40 | They are 60 today and celebrating their first birthday together in more than 30 years . |
| 41 | This led to a great setback for the Company ; by the early 1680s it seemed to have established itself , and paid its first dividends , at about 50 per cent a year , but it was then caught up in England 's wars against France , the bases were captured , and no regular dividends could be paid until after it had got its property back under the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 . |
| 42 | John soon made a niche for himself in Palace 's defence , making his debut at home to Bristol Rovers ( 1–0 ) the day after his signature had been obtained , and scoring his first goal for us in the 8–2 FA Cup demolition of Harwich and Parkstone three weeks later . |
| 43 | Indeed , this was a very rare opportunity for all delegates and visitors , as I said , to meet to listen yes , and to hear it first hand about the life and witness of more than three hundred member churches throughout the world in a hundred countries ! |
| 44 | The Bank 's founder , Andrew Drummond , was an established goldsmith who followed the lead of other West End goldsmiths into banking and opened his first ledger in September 1717 . |
| 45 | Perhaps you could begin by taking a wide-angle shot or two of the house and the garden , so set the zoom to wide angle and select your first shooting position . |
| 46 | At one point in the turbulence I felt certain I was going to be air-sick and the very thought was unsettling , because I knew we would have to write and file our first flight story from Calgary within an hour or two , and that story had to be sent , come what may , including sickness . |
| 47 | Nor were matters helped by Violet gaining ten ‘ A's in her O levels , losing a stone and getting her first boyfriend , who rang her constantly at all hours of the night from Beverly Hills . |
| 48 | We stood beneath the trees — and heard our first chiffchaff of the year : ‘ Chiff-chaff-chiff-chaff-chiff- chiff -chaff . ‘ |
| 49 | Lloyd recommends that the British public at large should pop along to Junior Wimbledon and get their first look at a player he believes can finally end the seemingly interminable search for Britain 's first major male champion since the sepia days of Fred Perry . |
| 50 | Having got signed in a hurry , Blink wisely decided to take their time and get their first records right . |
| 51 | This week , in the inaugural Fiji International Sevens , the Scots will be able to devote further studies to the Australians and get their first glimpse of Tonga , against whom they are also drawn in the Hong Kong Sevens . |
| 52 | What 's more you can cut out the coupon opposite and get your first pack at around half price . |
| 53 | Happily , after this the judge went on to say that nevertheless it was ‘ a beautiful thing ’ and awarded it first prize . |
| 54 | In between all this activity , she took time off to have her first baby in July , and to record her first CD , which will be launched here tonight . |
| 55 | It began in Rebekah 's womb , continued over a bowl of lentil soup , and finished its first round beside the bed of the dying Isaac . |
| 56 | The eminent Spaniard took 7 at the first hole of the Novo Sancti Petri course , of which he is the architect , and finished his first round ten shots behind Ireland 's Des Smyth who had not seen the course until he stepped on to the first tee . |
| 57 | After thanking all Scottish Nuclear staff for their ‘ quite exceptional ’ efforts over the year , the Chairman ended , ‘ I remain confident Scottish Nuclear can continue to improve its competitiveness and maintain its first class record of safety . |
| 58 | Without Shirley , he probably would n't have done a ton of marathons and collected his first medal from the Hundred Club . |
| 59 | In 1941 he moved to Hollywood and landed his first part in Robert Stevenson 's Joan of Paris ( 1942 ) , a gripping propaganda adventure . |
| 60 | ‘ She is 12-years-old now and expecting her first foal . |