Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went outside quietly and found a length of driftwood of the appropriate shape , came back to the Bunker , caught the snake by the neck with the piece of wood and bundled it into the first rusty can I could find which still had a lid . |
| 2 | They were tremendous , and outplayed us in the first half . |
| 3 | The first indication that anything was wrong came three months after I had let the tank up and stocked it for the first time . |
| 4 | Sheppard modelled the statue in 1911–12 and exhibited it for the first time in 1914 . |
| 5 | And then as he turned and walked away he took the blackjack , which had come out of his pocket in the same handful , and tossed it into the first unblocked drain that he saw . |
| 6 | Well it was a large double-fronted house and it was sand-bagged all round and there were tables and to er , administer , you know , wardens in the unevent of air raids which they used to do and they used to patrol the streets looking for lights to see if pe my nan actually got fined once cos she , she event inadvertently went into a room and put the light on and forgot she 'd left the curtains open and an air raid warden happened to be around she , she got hauled into court and fined five pounds for that , er she er I , I once I was just thinking the other day just telling a friend of mine , they had an actual practice air raid once and in some old buildings in the Burchells and we as kids had to go and lie in there and wait till we 'd got a tag on and what would happen to us a label and they took us to the first aid post in , an ambulance came and picked us up on a stretcher and took us to the first aid post in Road . |
| 7 | With a quick reflex action he caught the tompaw , a short stout wooden handle with a steel claw set in the end , and thumped it into the first deal of the day . |
| 8 | I doubt he gave her a second thought , once he 'd pulled his trousers back on and ushered her into the first available taxi . |
| 9 | The selectors kept faith and picked him for the first Test at Edgbaston , where he bowled 42 overs without trouble , taking four wickets in his maiden Test , which England won , fairly comfortably , but 100 runs . |
| 10 | The Scots , who led 12-3 overnight , needed only one more point to secure overall victory and clinched it in the first match to finish yesterday when Jim Muir beat Mike Marsden in straight sets . |