Example sentences of "it [verb] [prep] [pos pn] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The new borne babe ’ , wrote Richard Allestree in 1658 , ‘ is full of the stains and pollutions of sin which it inherits from our first parents through our loins ’ . |
| 2 | It led to their first quarrel . |
| 3 | Charles Luker then gave a speech of reminiscences stressing the need to be grateful for ‘ those who had formed the Club and those who had kept it going for its first 50 years ’ . |
| 4 | There was no doubting the eagerness of many colleges to respond to the challenge and the opportunity , and the Board — containing a number of lively young university people and interested employers — was torn between its anxiety to go ahead quickly and the need to ensure that it established what it called at its first meeting ‘ lasting standards ’ . |
| 5 | No , it started at our first show in Glasgow , and then we got support slots with Mudhoney before we were a developed band . |
| 6 | It started with his first kick , and keeping the machine as quiet as possible until clear of the village , he set off for Berkeley . |
| 7 | The gondola which takes skiers from load level up to the skiing area proved as popular with visitors last summer as it had in its first winter , with tourists of all ages and states of infirmity able to enjoy the marvellous view along Loch Eli and the Great Glen . |
| 8 | Such success as it had from its first performance in 1936 onwards has been of the kind discouragingly dubbed as ‘ of esteem ’ . |
| 9 | It comes in your first twenty percent , but for survey would be constituted into a survey |