Example sentences of "not [adv] [verb] [prep] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too often , however , producers have not even got to first base , because the requirements for evolving strong scripts have been so poorly understood . |
| 2 | The Reichs Archives speak of the day 's fighting being ‘ one of the most heroic ’ of the entire battle , an adjective not infreqently used by First World War officialdom when casualties had been particularly hideous . |
| 3 | This is important because it is directly relevant to understanding the mechanism of a type of eruption not yet observed at first hand by any human being , but one that would make the Mt Pelee eruption pale into insignificance if an example were to occur today . |
| 4 | Here it is important to see that the traditional category of plural is not symmetrically applied to first Person in the way it is to third : we does not mean plural speakers in the same way that they means more than one third person entity ( Lyons , 1968 : 277 ) . |
| 5 | The old lady was not mentally impaired on first impression . |