Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] a first [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It has n't come out of a first aid .
2 It 's staring right up at me , like it knows exactly what I 'm thinking , like it knows I have n't got a dream of ever coming up with a first sentence .
3 The late arrival by 13 minutes of three of their key players left Peterlee with too much work to do at Consett where they went down in a first division game by 91 points to 58 as they were left wondering what effect Ivor James , Gord Laing and Allen Quarmby might have had had they been there for the start .
4 The staircase sweeps up to a first floor balcony connecting four bedrooms , most with en suite bathrooms .
5 He had badly wanted to sign off with a first victory in Adelaide and a record 10th in a single season .
6 After staging several provocative manoeuvres in Vilnius , the newly arrived Soviet paratroopers on Jan. 11 occupied the headquarters of the Lithuanian Defence Council , a government department set up as a first step towards establishing an independent Lithuanian army .
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