Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [vb past] [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I knew the first day I drove in the dark was the first night we had the car and it was most odd experience |
| 2 | On the first note of the following eight-bar break I took the first step , missed the second and somersaulted down the rest , orchestrated by drum rolls and cymbal crashes as the rest of the band dissolved into discord . |
| 3 | Owen Jelf says he won the first heat ; his brother the second . |
| 4 | In so doing he became the first US President since Harry S. Truman to veto a major spending bill . |
| 5 | I thought we edged the first half and although they edged the second , we had the better chances . ’ |
| 6 | Indeed , I have heard it called the first step on the path to true benevolence . ’ |
| 7 | I have to say I enjoyed the first programme much more , simply because of the subject we had to discuss on the second one , which was Christmas . |