Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | His head bent swiftly to kiss first one shoulder and then the other . |
| 2 | Erm a few hard facts just to confirm first of all |
| 3 | Now , could I , could I go through , cos I 'd like , I 'd like to at some stage ask you to do an exercise on this just to see first of all how complicated it is and then , at the end , how simple it is . |
| 4 | Or is it best to write first and see if they are interested ? |
| 5 | Food was placed to sizzle on the barbecue , and was turned with the help of long utensils , and as she worked beside Silas , moving rapidly to turn first one piece and then another , Lucy became conscious of a feeling of quiet satisfaction . |
| 6 | Schoolteachers were not expected to engage in research , and by the 1870s this was anyway much more difficult than it had been in 1800 : there was more to master first , and more equipment was needed . |
| 7 | The lingering of the ‘ frontier ’ myth and the easy availability of firearms have led the police often to shoot first and make enquiries second . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll meet you in the foyer at seven o'clock this evening , and we 'll find somewhere to eat first . |
| 9 | But all the same , it is more neighbourly to ask first . |
| 10 | One of the most promising of the younger brigade is Adam Scowcroft who is one of 10 yet to have first team experience . |
| 11 | But to have him sitting beside him , looking his followers over in silence and courteously waiting for someone else to speak first — this was a situation beyond Hazel 's experience . |
| 12 | The route continues for a short way beside the beck , crossing it and turning right to head first slightly north-east and then north-west until a small beck is crossed , and then another by the Cortina Bridge — named after a Ford Cortina crashed here in one of the Lombard RAC rallies . |
| 13 | ‘ He taught me never to look first at the things you want to buy . |