Example sentences of "they [verb] [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could n't believe it when they got the first goal after ten seconds |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The celebrations that marked United 's third major Cup — four if you count the European Super Cup — in two calendar years could just be a rehearsal if they land the First Division title in the next three weeks . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | When cooking with the children we want to finish with something eatable , so we are likely to add the liquid carefully ourselves , but we could let children experiment with the play-dough and if they make the first lot too soggy , more flour and salt can be added without much trouble until they make a ‘ workable ’ dough , and there can be plenty of conversation about too much , too little , a little more , a lot more and enough . |
| 7 | you know , if they want the first day , then there gon na have to do another lot so what 's the point of sort of yourself out with fucking , I was n't really sure at the time that I wanted to go to so , you know , I , I said no I needed this job , but probably a bad I 've been offered a couple of month one 's as well , one month and two month 's , but I mean the trouble is |
| 8 | For many young academics they provide the first step in the ladder of publications , now an essential requisite for career advancement . |
| 9 | Whatever happens in 1992 we must all work to make our customers appreciate that they receive a first class service . |
| 10 | They receive the first prize of £4,000 . |
| 11 | They hired the first agent , ‘ Digs ’ , of Oxford Street , to manage as well as to let their flat . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | By the way they they sank Gedling pit , they cut the first sod the year I was born nineteen oh two . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | They dominated the first half adding further tries through winger Gavin Thompson and Pears , who also landed two penalty goals . |
| 16 | They dominated the first quarter of the match with Raducanu plundering some tidy line-out ball . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | They had reached the top of the hill when they heard the first soul-chilling , baying call . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | They get a first class view of the comings and goings of the national tabloid , including visits by pop stars in recent months . |
| 23 | As soon as they finished the first course Rodney raised his wine glass . |
| 24 | Depending on how they feel the first time , they may carry on if they enjoy it or if it seems to block out other worries and problems . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | They took the first turning after the hotel and began to climb towards the Jenner Clinic . |
| 28 | 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 ’ . |
| 29 | If I sounded dubious about The Smiths , it 's because they represented the first threat to us . ’ |
| 30 | 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 . |