Example sentences of "and [verb] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul is an ex-professional clarinetist , still loves music , is keen on sport and plays first division league tennis for Surrey . |
| 2 | Some examples of likely emergencies were used in the questioning and included dealing with a sick animal , returning stray stock , lambing a ewe , and administering first aid . |
| 3 | Two of his comrades had relatively minor head wounds and received first aid in the trench before heading back to a safer area . |
| 4 | Rolly single-handedly attempted to apprehend the youths , put out the fire and administer first aid to barman Wheeler . |
| 5 | Single : ( also known as base hit ) when a batter hits the ball in fair territory and reaches first base without being thrown out . |
| 6 | They take their night 's work seriously and do the rounds of local houses , carting bundles of trash to the tip for a few pennies , and getting first pick of each load . |
| 7 | She stopped and listened , and heard first laughter and then a voice shouting , ‘ For God 's sake . ’ |
| 8 | Call into your local Radio Rentals shop — and get first class advice on how you can get the best from the new developments in Stereo Television — Nicam ! |
| 9 | The table on page 19 summarises and compares first preference votes with seats secured . |
| 10 | Mike Chittenden staggered in flames into a neighbouring office , where terrified workers doused the flames and administered first aid . |
| 11 | However , he did not enter those offices but staggered into a neighbouring office where staff smothered the flames and administered first aid . |
| 12 | In addition , should the three numbers beneath the Early Reply Bonus Seal match the first three numbers of the Early Reply Bonus code , the entrant will also be eligible to win an additional £50,000 , should they reply within 14 days , and win first prize . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll pack my things and go first thing in the morning , ’ she called back over her shoulder , her voice like razor blades . |
| 14 | THAT FRIDAY EVENING the wind changed , and brought first rain , then snow . |
| 15 | He was crouching underneath the pageant , looking up at the sky through the central trapdoor , waiting to be created out of a rib in Adam 's chest and become First Woman . |
| 16 | Maybe that is why — unlike some drivers with a more refined sense of a balance sheet — it was Mario 's practice always to travel and live first class . |
| 17 | These are most attractive and offer first class facilities for the visitor . |
| 18 | Boris Gidaspov , the Leningrad city and oblast first secretary who had emerged recently as one of the most prominent party conservatives , said that " complete disorganization of the executive mechanism " was responsible for growing destabilization in the country . |
| 19 | In the one Caddie Competition Charlie played in ( 1921 or 1922 ) , he was loaned some of Mr. de Ville 's clubs and won first prize . |
| 20 | Moved to the Royal College of Music , London in 1990 and won first prize at the Edward Boyle Piano Competition in December of that year . |
| 21 | But it flew well enough to confound the sceptics and won first place at the April 1978 Maryland Kite Festival . |
| 22 | Ben Bellaser was best man , of course , ‘ … and had first kiss of the fair bride I helped to save from the grave ’ . |
| 23 | Two years later , Paul saw Sinead on stage with Ton Ton Macoute in Dublin and witnessed first hand the raw emotion she could generate in a performance . |
| 24 | ‘ They gain job experience at the Dolphin Centre , and have first aid courses with our physio Nigel Carnell . |
| 25 | It has a worldwide reputation as a centre of excellence and provides first class specialist care for patients from throughout the country who regard it and its staff with affection and gratitude . |
| 26 | When Smith finally resumed his studies at Oxford he managed to compress his delayed undergraduate career into just 18 months , during which short time he won the university 's most prestigious classics prize and gained first class honours in both classics and mathematics . |