Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] first [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Since Evans first dug at the site in 1900 archaeological work has largely concentrated on revealing the remains of the palace of King Minos and other buildings of the extraordinary Minoan civilisation .
2 When Bathsheba first appeared at the weekly Casterbridge market , where farmers bought and sold their wheat and animals , she caused a sensation .
3 When practice first begins on the patterns , a beginner often loses direction instantly and executes a block or a kick to the wrong side .
4 When Beth first came to the house , the rear garden was derelict .
5 And from the crown of the final bend it was murder in the Montjuic stadium as Gunnell first eased alongside the American , then left her for dead down the home straight .
6 And from the crown of the final bend it was murder in the Montjuic stadium as Gunnell first eased alongside the American , then left her for dead down the home straight .
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