Example sentences of "this [noun] [verb] [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It would seem , ’ said Earl Robert , after a moment of courteous silence in deference to any other who might wish to speak , ‘ that as the last comer , this verdict sends me first into the lists . |
| 2 | Twenty years later , the Daily Mirror hired this car to transport its first million-pound Bingo winner , Mrs. Maudie Barrett to the Town Hall to receive her cheque . |
| 3 | Consideration of this question requires us first to examine what is generally understood by conservatism . |
| 4 | Bath had used a variation of this move to score their first try . |
| 5 | This reaction owes its first impulse to the early days of punk , when groups like Marine , The Pop Group and A Certain Ratio first dabbled , intrigued , in funk . |
| 6 | This theory takes us first to the theme of sacrifice . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , in Canada , people are this month receiving their first taste of subscription TV . |
| 8 | Although well known in Spain , Gordillo this month holds his first show in the United States in the newly revamped quarters of the Marlborough Gallery . |
| 9 | This month sees their first CD album on their own R&M label ; a cassette is on sale now . |
| 10 | Oxford United have their own ladies team this season … they 're in the first division of the National League and this week played their first game at the Manor ground … and the girls done well . |
| 11 | Our action round-up this week takes us first to the world of grand prix … to meet the newest and youngest driver in formula one |
| 12 | At about this time met his first wife , Mary , an infant teacher at Bradford-on-Avon , who died tragically three years ago after a brain haemorrhage . |
| 13 | He had by this time divorced his first wife . |