Example sentences of "and [pos pn] [noun sg] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Poljica 's independence was suppressed by Napoleon in 1806 , and its incorporation first into the Illyrian Provinces and later into the Austrian province of Dalmatia assisted the spread of the Latin script , which by this time had become common throughout Dalmatia . |
| 2 | A member of the WRVS for over 30 years , previously working on a hospital tea bar in Woolwich , she became involved with the court operation when she and her husband first moved to Hampshire . |
| 3 | A DELIGHTED woman has given birth to healthy sextuplets , seven years after she and her husband first tried to have a baby . |
| 4 | As we slowly descended , the mist cleared a little , and we found ourselves amid sheep pastures … ’ wrote the late Louis Littman , a successful businessman , when he and his wife first saw Ashley Chase with a view to buying it . |
| 5 | Ex-music journalist Nick Kelly and his band first came into the public eye in 1989 with the release of the excellent single ‘ Arclight ’ , which was voted Single of the Year in the 1989 Hot Press readers ' poll . |
| 6 | He [ Lewes ] and his party first went to an R.A.F. headquarters located somewhere near Fuka . |