Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not advisable to give the dog free run of the car , however , simply because it could damage the interior , by scratching the upholstery , for example , if it wants to come out at first light before you are awake . |
| 2 | But instead of a square heel , or even a radically smoothed-off heel similar to the Revell acoustic we recently reviewed , Andy Manson has gone back to first principles and has ended up virtually doing away with the heel altogether . |
| 3 | If this involves going back to first principles , then however removed they may be from our present experience , we have a responsibility to go back . |
| 4 | But having to go back to first principles proved a decisive advantage . |
| 5 | I mean to have to work out from first principles erm four plus three is seven every time , you may be able to do that with great understanding , but there 's an awful waste of time if you 've got to understand it each time . |