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

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1 Coffin saw the boy first .
2 As you saw the man first , I think you would be interested to interview him now , and see if his attitude to himself has altered . ’
3 Connors walked in and peered around , saw the girl first , then me .
4 R : in those days + when we were young + there was no local fire engine here + it was just a two-wheeled trolley which was kept in the borough + in the borough eh store down on James Street + and whenever a fire broke out + it was just a question of whoever saw the fire first yelling ‘ Fire ’ + and the nearest people ran for the trolley and how they got on with it goodness knows + nobody was trained in its use + anyway everybody knew to go for the trolley + well + when we were children + we used to use this taw [ t– : ] + it smouldered furiously + black thick smoke came from it and we used to get it burning + and then go to a letter box and just keep blowing + open the letter box + and just keep blowing the smoke in + you see + till you 'd fill up the lower part of the house with nothing but smoke + there was no fire + but just fill it up with smoke + just to put the breeze up + just as a joke + and then of course + when somebody would open a window or a door the smoke would come pouring out + and then + everybody was away then for the trolley + we just stood and watched all of them + +
5 He saw the gun first , held against the back of the driver 's seat in the extended fist of the hunched dark figure in the rear .
6 He was there ; she saw the Alsatian first , it came flying over and knocked Magnus sideways .
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