Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] it [prep] [pron] first " in BNC.

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1 Although I had no idea then what species of bird it was , the picture was firmly fixed in my mind ; years later I instantly recognised it in my first ornithological guide , P. A. D. Hollom 's The Popular Handbook of British Birds .
2 She had meant to walk down to the sea today to greet it on her first Christmas here , her own sea , her own stretch of wild grey winter water .
3 Halvard , I compressed one of the files ok and then mailed it to myself first to see if I was getting everything right .
4 If you are n't happy with the service you 're getting from your GP , dentist or optician , then discuss it with them first .
5 If you are n't happy with the service you 're getting from your GP , dentist or optician , then discuss it with them first .
6 So it er could pay you in the first year of business to incur any capital that you could afford , because you can either get it against your first year 's profits , or by not using the capital allowances , it 's available for subsequent years ' profit .
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