Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] the [noun] first " in BNC.
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1 | Courteously seating her inside the car first , he walked round to the driver 's side , and when he had settled himself behind the wheel asked unexpectedly , ‘ Have you visited one of our pubs yet ? ’ |
2 | The first allows political realities to be brought about by defining them in the mind first and then applying perception to reality ; the second leads to the belief in supra-personal historical processes , Hegelian determinism and Marx . |
3 | Tom picked up the two whiskeys and manoeuvred Patrick into the corner , pushing him into the seat first so that he was up against the wall . |
4 | He 's not gon na change now , he 's always done it with the lofts first man . |
5 | Celtic 's offer of around eighty thousand pounds stands and Macari is now considering a package to take him from Stoke City where he 's a firm favourite with the fans after leading them into the English First Division . |
6 | Remember — get it round the loop first , then tidy it up later . |
7 | In doing this , he takes us over the ground first , telling us what to expect , what to look for , so that when the hurricane does hit it hits us harder : |
8 | if you 're interested , then we can do that in the bath , can you put them in the box first |
9 | Instead of lifting her into the saddle first , as he had always done before , he mounted Chalon , turned the horse in a tight circle to present its left flank to Isabel , and extended an imperative hand . |
10 | He punched me in the head first , from the side . ’ |
11 | He was not good enough to make it into the rugby first XV but was among the top academically , taking lots of prizes , and becoming school captain . |
12 | He then sucks it into the hollow first joint of a special limb , the pedipalp , rather in the same way as one fills a fountain pen . |