Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv prt] [prep] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You are to set off at first light tomorrow . |
| 2 | All first teamers are on standby … 18 in the squad … there 'll be no John Durnin he 's suspended … but Les Phillips is almost certain to be called back into first team action … |
| 3 | The action had been struck out at first instance , an appeal to the Court of Appeal had failed but a petition for leave to appeal to the House of Lords was still pending . |
| 4 | As they were phased out of first line units Londons went mostly to 4 Coastal Operational Training Unit , but a few passed to the Flying-Boat Training Squadron ( FBTS ) at Stranraer . |
| 5 | BRITISH LIONS stand-off Stuart Barnes was ruled out of first Test contention in New Zealand this morning by the intervention of his half-back partner Robert Jones . |
| 6 | Then the Champion got banned for his ride on Midnight Air who was thrown out of first place after the Fillies Mile . |
| 7 | Now Hereford 's cup run was finished off by first division Nottingham Forest … they lost two nil but have boosted the bank balance with over twenty four thousand packing into the City Ground yesterday |