Example sentences of "took the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took the first four out from the quay and dropped them off , after having had trouble starting the boat . |
| 2 | He took the first five straight off , and went on to capture the world crown for the first time . |
| 3 | Drake , with Smith now providing court-side inspiration , then took the first five games in the third set , and ultimately won the all important rubber and championship by a 6–3 1–6 6–1 margin . |
| 4 | Ahl , 18 , from Exeter , outplayed her opponent particularly in the second set when she took the first five games . |
| 5 | Lau took the first 21–18 , and Piercey the second 22–20 . |
| 6 | He nearly had the match purloined from him too because Bryan Beeson , who captained England 's world bronze-medal winning team , took the first two games with some astutely controlled slow drives that induced the 20-year-old England No.1 to make errors . |
| 7 | On this day : Peterborough Cathedral was consecrated , 1238 ; Miles Coverdale 's translation of the Bible was published , 1535 ; William Smith founded the Boys Brigade , Glasgow 1883 ; the first public escalator was opened , Earl 's Court underground station 1911 ; Hitler and Mussolini met at the Brenner Pass , 1940 ; the USSR launched Sputnik 1 , the world 's first artificial satellite , 1957 ; the first transatlantic passenger jet service started operating , 1958 ; USSR 's Lunik III , took the first close-up pictures of the moon , 1959 ; Pope Paul VI visited New York , the first pope to visit America , 1965 . |
| 8 | The 20-year overnight transformation from an obscure documentarist working with Krzysztof Zanussi 's Tor unit to Poland 's leading director came on November 26 when Kieslowski 's A Short Film About Killing ( Krotki Film O Zabijaniu ) took the first European Oscar . |
| 9 | Took the first first-class tickets through for that station being number respectively 00 and 01 ours being returns , Arthur 's and John 's singles … ’ . |
| 10 | ( Let us not forget , though , that it was Mr Callaghan 's government that , took the first faltering steps in the revolution in information technology . ) |
| 11 | He seemed to respond and even , to her great surprise and encouragement , took the first active part he had taken in any event for six months , preparing for the feast . |
| 12 | Some day a Western team will be able to get sufficient funds to train as intensively as the Poles , who yet again took the first three places and the team prize . |
| 13 | In the locker room — no ordinary changing room this , but a soft paradise of fluffy towels , hairdryers , lotions , masseurs , electronic scales , isometric drinks , cardio-vascular scans and congratulatory attendants — he told a well-known ( everyone in this club is said to be well-known ) producer that he took the first three games off me in each set . |
| 14 | I now took the first positive steps , although still not without considerable misgivings . |
| 15 | That Sunday she took the first positive step towards keeping a check on her child . |
| 16 | Leslie 's nephew , Dan McAlister , took the first authorised photographs since the accident , released with the family 's permission and reproduced here . |