Example sentences of "get there first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Doran had moved his wife 's cake to the first position , and Mr Clancy had moved it back to the middle , saying the first cake tasted had the best chance , and his wife 's cake would be first as it had got there first . |
| 2 | ‘ When we were putting together our demos , ’ says singer Mike , ‘ we heard ‘ The Only One I Know ’ by The Charlatans and I was really pissed off because I thought it was exactly what we were trying to do … and they 'd got there first . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm sorry , but somebody else got there first . |
| 4 | Only a couple of guys had got there first ; Ember had picked their position well . |
| 5 | Somehow , Kapitan Weber had got there first . |
| 6 | One morning Jonquil had got there first . |
| 7 | It was about sex — not about sexual politics — but another show was about to go on the road , and Oz had got there first . |
| 8 | The poser 's cafe had free newspapers and she filled in the crosswords shamelessly , was even miffed if someone else had got there first , especially with a blue Biro : Alex used a black Biro for crosswords . |
| 9 | Kelly jumped , whilst Beeney cam to punch , unfortunately Kelly just got there first and the ball fell into the goal . |
| 10 | I 've got there first |
| 11 | I move to sit by Darren Parker , but Simon Singh gets there first and most of the other seats are taken by now . |
| 12 | BUT LINK GETS THERE FIRST IN US |
| 13 | Dynamic , decisive , celebrating the market economy ( ‘ If the market demands change , all the obstacles people want to put up mean nothing , because whoever gets there first gets the business : it 's a very fast way of making things happen ’ ) , Hailes and Elkington are the antithesis of much that green has traditionally stood for . |
| 14 | It 's always a case of who gets there first gets the best position and things like that ! |
| 15 | Let's see who gets there first ! " |
| 16 | Mills making the run Chettle gets there first . |
| 17 | The bozo in pyjamas gets there first . |
| 18 | Do you have a rota system where if maybe six have got onto an appliance and there 's another fire comes up in a few hours that they can not turn ut again , or is it just a matter of whoever gets there first again ? |
| 19 | fire first , sometimes the police , if it 's a really serious fire , get there first but the real professionals when it comes to a fire are the Fire Brigade . |
| 20 | tying them up but when they went out to the end of the estuary that was just a case of get there first to get the job ? |
| 21 | And er and with the wind sometimes the ball 's al that ball 's always running away from you and the way goalkeepers play now they tend to come out very quickly and more times than enough they get there first . |
| 22 | ‘ Get there first , ’ Woolley said , ‘ and catch them coming up . |
| 23 | Constables know that all radio messages are taped and that the time they take to arrive at calls is recorded , which is often unnecessary , given the competition to beat other stations and colleagues by getting there first , although stories were told to us of instances where people were transferred for failing to respond to a call . |
| 24 | They had slightly the better of the first half but a poor pass to Sleightholme lost one chance and then Sleightholme could not touch down a useful kick by Maynard , Stabler getting there first . |
| 25 | In a provocatively titled photo portrait from 1970 , the pair attempted to pre-empt any future criticism of their work by ‘ getting there first ’ . |
| 26 | That bastard over getting there first I think ! |
| 27 | I was going to call my new film ‘ In Bed With UB40 ’ but Madonna got there first . |
| 28 | At one level , he got there first . |
| 29 | The British officer got there first , but knew there was a secret agreement for the French to control Lebanon . |
| 30 | ‘ Good job you got there first . |