Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hauser recovered first . |
| 2 | Provided always that nothing in these restrictions shall preclude Norwich Union from processing any proposal or application form made and dated prior to 31 October 1990 submitted through the Winchester Group or any of its company representatives and entering into any investment contract on the basis of any such a proposal or application form so long as Norwich Union has first satisfied itself that : — ( a ) any such proposal or application form is genuinely made and dated prior to 31 October 1990 ; ( b ) any such proposal or application form is accompanied by a fact find form ; and ( c ) that the fact find form has been fully completed ; and ( d ) that the information shown thereon is sufficient to show that the proposed investment contract which is the subject of the proposal or application form is in the best interests of the investor concerned . |
| 3 | To the Manor Ground first |
| 4 | King drew first blood when he took the opening set 7-5 , thanks mainly to counts of 3 on the first and third ends , but Corsie 's reply was immediate : a 7-1 second-set triumph in five ends . |
| 5 | King drew first blood when he took the opening set 7-5 , thanks mainly to counts of 3 on the first and third ends , but Corsie 's reply was immediate : a 7-1 second-set triumph in five ends . |
| 6 | G. agrees that the offender has probably escaped prosecution because of his violent and aggressive demeanour which made G. think first of his personal safety . |
| 7 | It was Andy to putt first . |
| 8 | Of the three divisions , Bengal ranked first , followed by Madras and lastly by Bombay , in an order determined by the potential opportunities in each location . |
| 9 | Smithers was an English publisher who got his sexual kicks from deflowering virgins , an obsession that gave rise to Oscar Wilde 's celebrated remark that ‘ Smithers loves first editions ’ . |
| 10 | Here , Leicestershire scored first , with a penalty from Paul Pugh , but North Midlands took most of the positive steps before reaching the break with a lead of 16-3 . |
| 11 | Basingstoke scored first from a penalty and further penalty exchanges brought the score to 6–6 . |
| 12 | The appellant Wright came first in December 1990 and kept returning . |
| 13 | They had to ford these hazards , Travis going first to pick out the best route . |
| 14 | Unfortunately the letter to Sarah Catt arrived first and it was she who was the first to break the news — by phone — to Charman , a circumstance that only added to the unpleasant situation . |
| 15 | The existence now of eight to ten established galleries in Taiwan selling first generation paintings and catering to the contemporary market indicates the potential size of the market to which we can appeal . |
| 16 | Similarly , Violet Markham served first on a school management committee and later as a member of Chesterfield LEA . |
| 17 | When he , Larsen and Karen had settled into the high cab , the girl in the middle , Rocky selected first gear and started them rolling slowly forward , following the other rig away from the roaring inferno behind them . |
| 18 | In July last year I was sponsored by a number of organisations to go on a Health Study Tour of Nicaragua to witness first hand their popular , positive health initiatives . |
| 19 | Motionless on his stool , Frankie stared first at Buddie 's dark profile , then at the huge brown and black body curled in the corner . |
| 20 | Throughout these first months it appears that Jaruzelski supported First Secretary Kania 's efforts to achieve a political solution . |
| 21 | Leicestershire batted first … |
| 22 | When Mum went to refill the teapot , Rebecca spoke first . |
| 23 | Something was beginning to happen to her ; as love began to drive out fear , the tension in her body relaxed , and the feelings which she had experienced when Dr Neil had first begun to make love to her , earlier that afternoon , returned again . |
| 24 | France in particular had resented the fact that Hallstein had first raised the question of greater budgetary powers for the Parliament in the assembly itself rather than in the Council of Ministers . |
| 25 | There was nothing much in the drawer beyond the cashbox ( which now contained only loose change ) , some rubber bands , a clutch of half-used ballpoint pens , a calculator , a stopwatch with no glass , and a bundle of guest passes identical to the one that Lucy had first used to enter the club . |
| 26 | When Lucy had first talked about Christine taking her over , Josie had assumed that she was merely finding words to describe some devised means of survival . |
| 27 | But Nora never wore an overall , she despised housework — and this girl was wearing an overall , not the rather smart dress for which Mrs. Fanshawe had first taken it . |
| 28 | Penny had first analysed the Wales 's charts in their wedding year . |
| 29 | Among the casualties of Caedwalla 's attack on Wight were Arwald , king of the island , and his two young brothers who escaped to the opposite mainland where they were captured and put to death after Caedwalla had first allowed them to receive baptism . |
| 30 | Dustin had first met nineteen-year-old ballet dancer Anne Byrne in 1963 . |