Example sentences of "and [vb past] [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seemed embarrassed and stammered for the first time in his English . |
| 2 | The synoptic outline might have been more serviceable had it been separated from the list of languages and moved to the first volume . |
| 3 | In conclusion , I 'd like to warn Ben that the Plage route at Buoux is n't his project , but one which was undertaken and tried for the first time by Le Menestrel , and that he has no particular rights over it . |
| 4 | He was arrested and tried for the first time in April 1916 . |
| 5 | By such standards both footballers and cricketers , provided they were among the minority who avoided injury and played in the first team , were quite well off for a few years . |
| 6 | Outside a grand villa in the same city , a priest in an assortment of ramshackle clothing stopped his mule in the gateway , descended by lifting a leg and bellowed to the first person he met , which was Tobie . |
| 7 | As I opened the door , a white streak flashed past my ankles and vanished around the first turn of the spiral . |
| 8 | This was known as the PC-5A and flew for the first time in July 1939 . |
| 9 | It 's jazz and soul as a street thing , a club thing , ’ he says , ‘ which is where both those forms of music started and thrived in the first place . ’ |
| 10 | Doreen glanced down , and blushed for the first time in a long while . |
| 11 | The offensive was launched on 18 June but was deeply unpopular with much of the rank and file and collapsed in the first week of July . |
| 12 | He pulled out a bundle and looked at the first address , but he did n't recognise it . |
| 13 | Dada took the book from her and looked at the first page . |
| 14 | It was when I took my jacket off and stood before a mirror and saw for the first time that all I was was a pair of scarlet braces , that I realised that evangelism was n't enough . |
| 15 | I looked out and saw for the first time the main street of Koraloona 's largest town , Anani : a dusty white strip of road , a long row of assorted shops , a few cars . |
| 16 | Burton has declared that it was when he was performing that scene on the stage that he felt the hairs on his neck stand on end and knew for the first time the power he could have over an audience . |
| 17 | After winning the Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Prize in 1964 , she found herself in great demand abroad as well as at home , and sang in the first performance of Handel 's Messiah in Israel . |
| 18 | Advertising and public relations can try to improve or change the image of a client but this is always limited by the nature of how the reputation was built and earned in the first place and how the client will really act in the future . |
| 19 | Edouard looked up , and smiled for the first time . |
| 20 | He opened the letter , saw the name at the bottom , and smiled for the first time that day . |
| 21 | For centuries civilised man thought poetry was the pinnacle he must reach for — ’ He caught himself suddenly and smiled for the first time Blanche had known him to , the embarrassed smile of a passionate devotee who suddenly discovers that everyone around him , whom he thought entranced by his obsession , was in fact sniggering behind his back . |
| 22 | Nadine clicked her tongue and smiled for the first time . |
| 23 | He rode straight up to the gateway of the monastery , not daring to stop for second thoughts , and said to the first monk he saw , ‘ Can you read and write ? ’ |
| 24 | She looked young and pretty and relaxed for the first part of the evening until a ghastly sense of anti-climax set in when she realized that many of the young English guests had arrived well watered and rowdy after their coach trip , soon to become hideously drunk on the Ashley 's generous provision of champagne and wine , with a few dainty canapés and other elegant nibbles . |
| 25 | Melanie thought they did and froze at the first breath of pity , summoning all her resources to act coolly . |
| 26 | and reappeared through the first floor window |
| 27 | Robyn clutched the cast-iron railing and wondered for the first time why her legs felt so shaky and weird , why her stomach was churning so violently . |