Example sentences of "by [art] [noun sg] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time the first sharp feelings of his loss had begun to wear off - it would be very many years before all of it did so , and arguable that it ever did — other voices were beckoning . |
| 2 | Veyrat promises that by the time the first of 20 £40,000 sports cars are built by June 1001 , weight will still be under 2000lb and acceleration electrifying . |
| 3 | By the time the first train had climbed up from Hawick through the station into the cutting and away towards Shankend , it was pitch dark . |
| 4 | By the time the first temples were built , in 1900 BC , craftsmen had the confidence to attempt harder stones which had more attractive colours and textures , such as mottled breccias and orange stalactite . |
| 5 | Also , by the time the first wave of baddies hit the screen , your time 's half over ! ! ! |
| 6 | She launched herself through the doorway and was safely behind the skip by the time the first bullets rattled against it . |
| 7 | Both had taken quite a beating by the time the first grey flickers of dawn filtered in . |
| 8 | The officers had grounds to suspect each appellant of having committed an offence by the time the first of the sales in which he was involved was transacted . |
| 9 | The potential for the first management of the ‘ wildwood ’ may have been under-appreciated by researchers in the past , so that by the time the first people with a knowledge of agriculture arrived from Europe in the period before 4000 BC , the landscape may already have been greatly altered . |
| 10 | By the time the first bell rings , I have waited an hour . |
| 11 | Seb and Christian had not found an opportunity to have their promised talk by the time the first of the local fairs came around . |
| 12 | There is no known plan of the arrangements at Stretford Bridge when the BCR opened , and by the time the first 1/2500 scale Ordnance Survey plan was surveyed in 1883 only the platform remained . |
| 13 | By the time the first censuses were undertaken in Britain , much had changed in the structure of society as well as in the nature of the state itself . |
| 14 | The heroism of the Glosters over 2 centuries had already won the regiment more than 30 battle honours by the time the First World War broke out . |