Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv] [adv] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bully behaved himself almost perfectly the first time round the field . |
| 2 | The specific plan announced by Schuman had been drafted by Jean Monnet who certainly did see it as only a first step in a chain that would ultimately lead to political integration . |
| 3 | It was a tag that surprised me very much the first time I heard it … but now I 've stopped worrying . |
| 4 | Interestingly enough , Laplace included it in only the first and second editions of his book The System of the World , and left it out of later editions ; perhaps he decided that it was a crazy idea . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't think that she expected me to run down the shot ’ said Emmons , referring to her magnificent dash across the baseline to reach an all but winning forehand from Bentley which would have given her not only the first set , but also the psychological ‘ first blood ’ . |