Example sentences of "they [vb past] [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She never knew which one of them made the first move , but suddenly , unaccountably , she was in his arms , his hands pressing against her back to draw her closer still . |
| 2 | But once over the bridge they met the first vehicles of a German column and the Commando force were scattered . |
| 3 | Could n't believe it when they got the first goal after ten seconds |
| 4 | In his autobiography Nothing Venture Nothing Win Hillary describes the moment in 1953 when they became the first people ever to reach the top of Everest . |
| 5 | They became the first club since the war to win the Cup and the League , and were the first to win the League on goal average . |
| 6 | His brother , Cherry , joined him in his work and together they became the first men to illustrate books on natural history throughout with photographs . |
| 7 | When not busy whipping crowds to a frenzy ( but more of the Skin 2 Rubber Ball later ) , they became the first band to play the newly re-opened Stone Pony Club in Asbury Park , New Jersey where , of course , BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN first launched his career . |
| 8 | The triggers for Britain 's nuclear bombs were tested within their thick concrete walls and they housed the first experiments into radar.The buildings , on a remote spit of land on the Suffolk coast , may not be the oldest but they are certainly among the most historic and sinister in the ownership of the National Trust.They are on Orford Ness , a desolate wildlife haven , which has become the Trust 's latest acquisition at a cost of £3.5 million.Yesterday , in pouring rain and silence broken only by the eerie shriek of gulls , the buildings were shown to journalists for what is thought to be the first time since they were erected.Strands of barbed wire and a Ministry of Defence ‘ keep out ’ notice are now the only remaining evidence of the tight security , overseen by armed guards , which surrounded one of Britain 's most secret research establishments . |
| 9 | 13–6–1866 They appointed the first Sabbath in August for the dispensation of the Lord 's Supper and remonstrated with the Kirk Session in Kilmeny who had chosen the same day for their celebration . |
| 10 | They hired the first agent , ‘ Digs ’ , of Oxford Street , to manage as well as to let their flat . |
| 11 | Well , th I I must have told you because it 's one of the things that er stand out that on on the day when they dropped the first bomb in I and I I and it was er it 'd be the thirty first of January , but I do n't know whether it was er fifteen or sixteen , nineteen fifteen or nineteen sixteen . |
| 12 | They claimed the first Tardis , as used in the 1963 series starring William Hartnell , collapsed 16 years ago . |
| 13 | Oldham , who have now gone seven away games without a win , will rue the fact that they dominated the first half but failed to turn it to advantage . |
| 14 | They dominated the first half adding further tries through winger Gavin Thompson and Pears , who also landed two penalty goals . |
| 15 | They dominated the first quarter of the match with Raducanu plundering some tidy line-out ball . |
| 16 | They awarded the first prize for the block plan design to Crepinet , the second to William Hastings of Belfast and the third to Morgan and Phipson . |
| 17 | It took another five days of route-marching before they heard the first sound of artillery fire , could smell the trenches and therefore knew they must be approaching the front . |
| 18 | They had reached the top of the hill when they heard the first soul-chilling , baying call . |
| 19 | From this vantage point they were to keep up a steady rifle fire on the sepoys advancing over the open ground until they heard the first ringing of the Church bell . |
| 20 | Fifteen Associates , plus two from each of the Irish and Scottish Institutes , travelled to Frankfurt , where they spent the first week of the ninth German Banking Study Tour . |
| 21 | As soon as they finished the first course Rodney raised his wine glass . |
| 22 | He got up and went back down the stairs , going out into the gathering darkness , across the priory grounds behind the chapel from where he could hear the sweet , melodious chant of the nuns as they sang the first psalm of Compline . |
| 23 | They planted the first device in a West End store packed with Christmas shoppers and the second in a nearby square where the evacuees were expected to gather . |
| 24 | They took the first turning after the hotel and began to climb towards the Jenner Clinic . |
| 25 | I know people imagined I was much older than I was when they saw the first film because some newspapers referred to me as ‘ the Old Lady of the Dales ’ . |
| 26 | If I sounded dubious about The Smiths , it 's because they represented the first threat to us . ’ |
| 27 | The significance of the Societies survived their failure ; they represented the first attempt to interest public opinion in the reform of the traditional structure of Spanish society . |
| 28 | When they reached the first floor , he opened one of the doors and she walked into a large bedroom with a huge bed , masses of cupboard space , a comfortable armchair , and a table and chairs set by the window . |
| 29 | When they reached the first sight of the city , it is recorded , Jesus wept , exclaiming : ‘ O , Jerusalem , Jerusalem , how often would I have gathered thy children , as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings , and ye would not . ’ |
| 30 | They climbed until they reached the first pocket of snow , which lay in a long , dark slash on the mountain 's side . |