Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] a first class " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had a first class team of managers , with Eric Newton as head of the engineering section — he had been doing the job for years before I even joined the Branch — and Dick Westlake , who was a former colleague in KLM , as one Principal Inspector . |
| 2 | She got a first class degree at the end of it all , so I ca n't have done so badly ! |
| 3 | Rosalind was educated at St Paul 's Girls ' School and at Newnham College , Cambridge , where she received a first class in part i ( 1940 ) of the natural sciences tripos and a second in part ii ( division I ) in 1941 . |
| 4 | So I mean y'know j it may help you get a first class mark if you 're a good candidate by writing lots , but generally writing lots does n't ensure that you get a good mark . |
| 5 | Yet satellite television is revolutionising entertainment as we know it in Britain today — the trouble is sometimes it sounds as if you need a first class degree to join in ! |
| 6 | Whatever happens in 1992 we must all work to make our customers appreciate that they receive a first class service . |
| 7 | They get a first class view of the comings and goings of the national tabloid , including visits by pop stars in recent months . |
| 8 | They did a first class piece of work on where the housing market was likely to go over the next 10 years . |
| 9 | On 15 September some 80 guests were present at an Overseas Reception at London Weekend Television House , where they had a first class view of the flypast from the eighteenth floor . |
| 10 | " They have a first class officer who has leant over backwards to establish a low profile in dealing with immigrants . " |
| 11 | ‘ Like me , he has a first class assistant boss in Colin McCurdy . |
| 12 | And I think it 's a very fine piece of work for which he received a first class mark incidentally . |
| 13 | He was educated at the Perse School , Cambridge , and won a scholarship to Pembroke College , Cambridge , where he received a first class in part i of the English tripos in 1928 and a first class with distinction in part ii in 1929 . |
| 14 | In 1864 he received a first class in classical honour moderations , and then in 1867 a first in literae humaniores , even though he was said to have read no more than half the required books . |
| 15 | He obtained a first class in part i ( 1906 ) and a second ( division I ) in part ii ( 1907 ) of the classical tripos . |
| 16 | Clough was educated at Rugby School and St John 's College , Cambridge , where he obtained a first class in the natural sciences tripos in 1874 and an MA in 1878 . |
| 17 | He obtained a first class in part i of the history tripos in 1941 . |
| 18 | He was educated at Marlborough College , to which he had a lifelong devotion , and at Balliol College , Oxford , where he captained both the cricket and hockey XIs and where he obtained a first class in classical honour moderations ( 1924 ) and second classes in mathematical moderations ( 1924 ) and literae humaniores ( 1926 ) . |
| 19 | He resumed his studies in 1948 at New College , Oxford , where he took a first class honours degree and was called to the bar a year later . |
| 20 | After winning scholarships at Winchester and at Balliol College , Oxford , he took a first class in literae humaniores in 1924 and was elected to a fellowship of All Souls which he held till 1945 . |
| 21 | He was bought up as a Catholic and a socialist and was educated at Harrow County School for Boys and Peterhouse , Cambridge , where he gained a first class degree in history . |