Example sentences of "gone [adv] [prep] [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He had gone halfway across the first field when he heard a cry behind him .
2 It had been knocked from its cradle when he had gone over with the first shot .
3 I was so needy at the time that I think I would have gone off with the first person who told me I was attractive and showed my affection .
4 She should never have gone there in the first place .
5 On the other hand , she did not feel that she could refuse him , because if she refused him , by what right and for what purpose had she gone there in the first place ?
6 And then I did something even more stupid than the having gone there in the first place .
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