Example sentences of "saw [prep] first [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Zitel Corp saw in first quarter net losses of $3.1m against $61,000 profits last time , on sales down 43.7% to $6.3m .
2 Towards the and of his stint , he filled a gap in the team for the Italian GP at Monza — and saw at first hand one of BRM 's famous fiascos .
3 When I first met John Hurt in 1977 , when he was in Devon filming The Shout , I saw at first hand how much he drank .
4 Thus I saw at first hand the developing excitement within the scientific community on two continents as thousands of us changed research programmes literally overnight and attempted to replicate the phenomenon .
5 She saw at first hand the imperialist arrogance of the British in her mother country , aptly illustrated by the signs in the parks which baldly stated ‘ no dogs or Chinese allowed ’ .
6 Truman later record that at Potsdam he " saw at first hand what we and the West had to face in the future " .
7 I saw at first hand what a regressive prison regime does to prisoners .
8 ‘ I saw at first hand the problems Linfield had with travel arrangements and communications … give me Belfast every time . ’
9 ‘ I saw at first hand the problems Linfield had with travel arrangements and communications … give me Belfast every time . ’
10 VISITORS to Middlesbrough Council 's Southlands Leisure Centre saw at first hand that the world of fun and sport was literally on their doorstep .
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