Example sentences of "first [verb] [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First to profit from this trend are Bradford 's Dudley Hill , who , with five members of the English Students World Cup squad in their side , have made an explosive start in the BNFL national league , leading the first division with six wins from six matches at an average of almost 40 points per game . |
| 2 | It was , in fact , the work of his son , William , and Miller comments ‘ I was first favoured by this sort by Mr. Peter Collinson , FRS and afterwards received a plant with a drawing of it made in the country where it grows , by Mr. John Bartram , JR , and have since been furnished with more plants by Dr. Benzel of Germantown in Philadelphia , who found it growing plentifully in shady , moist places . ’ |
| 3 | When I first got into this thing I did n't ask too many questions . |
| 4 | Northampton were the first to go down this road when they appointed Barrie Corless last year . |
| 5 | He also confirmed that the decision had already been taken to produce the ‘ Impact ’ electric car ( above ) , first revealed at this year 's Geneva motor show , although a firm launch date has yet to be decided . |
| 6 | Their third win in 42 Tests came 15 minutes before tea on the fourth day and was their first over the Kiwis in 11 Tests since the two countries first met at this level in 1982-83 . |
| 7 | Miller mentions some of the trees in the Dictionary : Abies balsamea , Balsam fir , first grown in this country in the Bishop of London 's garden at Fulham , but states , ‘ the only place they have made any figure is at Woburn ’ . |
| 8 | We first came across this South Sea adventurer on the fourth week of cruising around the Caribbean on our Hallberg Rassy 352 , writes Jenny Allan . |
| 9 | When I first came across this text my mind went to the Athanasian Creed which describes the Godhead as uncreated , infinite , eternal and incomprehensible . |
| 10 | I did I was n't even here when you had it like when you first came to this school . |
| 11 | He has worked for South African companies and first came to this country on a De Beers scholarship to Oxford . |
| 12 | When they first came to this country — like my mum , when she first came she said she could n't find a place to live because people did n't want black people on their premises . |
| 13 | And one of the things that is happening and mortified when I first came to this company was I could n't see a straight line through . |
| 14 | When I first came to this room , I did n't like it , then I thought , ‘ Well at least it 's mine . |
| 15 | But surely it it 's happened that it 's getting er and and I touch wood I do n't know how superstitious you are but it 's getting better and better and better for you each time because when you came here ooh some years ago since you first came into this studio er you were pretty popular then but it seems to increase all the time does n't it ? |
| 16 | Indeed , I recall the experiences of the person who was Prime Minister when I first came into this House — Mr. Harold Macmillan . |
| 17 | The Camellia first flowered in this country at Thorndon , where many of the curious journeyed to see it as well as trellises backing the stoves covered with ‘ all sorts of passion-flowers , clematis 's of all kinds that could be procured and Creeping Cereus . ’ |
| 18 | Tulipifera liriodendron ( i.e. Liriodendron tulipifera ) known in England as the tulip tree and as a ‘ poplar ’ by settlers in America , first flowered in this country in the Earl of Peterborough 's garden at Parsons Green where it had been planted , according to Miller , in a wilderness with other trees allowed to overhang it for protection . |
| 19 | The to used before the infinitive was very clearly a preposition when first employed in this function ; in fact , it governed the dative case of the infinitive . |
| 20 | I first heard about this job from Mrs Gwendoline Hancock of Ipswich . |
| 21 | They first hit on this method because they were suddenly deprived of their darkroom , shortly before they had to prepare a show . |
| 22 | ‘ How did you first hear about this business ? ’ |
| 23 | Development continued and the 3D wing was modified to the super critical wing , and first flew with this wing on 6 May 77 . |
| 24 | and whom did he first tell of this passion ? |
| 25 | You may first come across this problem when a new baby arrives and suddenly the things she thought of as hers — like her cot — are taken away and given to the ‘ interloper ’ . |
| 26 | In fact , evidence indicates that former principals of Sotheby 's acquired ownership interests in the treasure as early as 1980 — information Sotheby 's claims it first learned in this suit — and that these individuals were instrumental in securing the Lebanese export licenses for the treasure , which were allegedly forged ’ . |
| 27 | When drift mines were first sunk in this valley during the 1850s the workforce walked in each day from the surrounding villages and hamlets , but from the 1860s onwards the coalmasters had to provide new accommodation ; Pease and Partners , for example , had built 151 houses at Waterhouses by 1874 . |
| 28 | I have had a Brother 850 ( and latterly 850i ) since they first appeared in this country . |
| 29 | They first appeared in this country in the early 1960s , owing to the impetus in Irish and West Indian communities . |
| 30 | We must first examine within this society both those elements that resisted the change and those that would be considered as instruments of progress . |