Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [adv] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two species of butterfly fish have been observed to swim slowly backwards at the first hint of trouble , making their false eyes seem even more real . |
| 2 | ( As for the war metaphor itself , that began to appear not long after the first world war stopped . ) |
| 3 | The need is primarily for affordable housing ( to buy or rent ) for young people wanting to set up home for the first time , or for the elderly wanting smaller , more manageable accommodation . |
| 4 | Team one they want to put out more in the first division and , I could not be party to that team one and it was an atrocity to use such terminology . |
| 5 | Whilst the earliest phase lasted only a few minutes after the training trial , and the intermediate ones declined within the hour , long-term memory seemed to build up slowly over the first hour after training , and protein synthesis inhibitors would no longer disrupt it if they were administered more than an hour after the training ( Figure 10.1 ) |
| 6 | Close pal Ince will lead the rookie side that Taylor plans to name late today for the first of three US Cup games . |
| 7 | So next day I duly went to the synagogue , rather self-conscious in my trilby hat , surprised to find women sitting in the gallery only , much impressed with the singing of the cantor and the blowing of the ram 's horn , and a little taken aback by the quick exit at the end of the fast , presumably to get back home for the first square meal of the day . |
| 8 | Some were able to return home yesterday for the first time since Thursday . |
| 9 | ‘ But that is not to say I am going to rush back there at the first opportunity . ’ |
| 10 | The words and their phrasing left no doubt that the princess had been placed under considerable pressure to speak out publicly for the first time since her marriage to Prince Charles . |