Example sentences of "first [pron] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First I tried a thick square of foam on the end of a sweeping rod ; then a large wire hook and a garden net ; then , in desperation , a cluster of S hooks on an octopus-style luggage elastic . |
| 2 | First you introduce a small quantity of fuel to the engine through the booster pump , then you start the whole thing burning and turning with the Start button . |
| 3 | First you have a unique product which has a highly profitable phase , but this frequently comes to an abrupt stop . |
| 4 | First she finds a suitable nesting place . |
| 5 | At first she showed a marked aversion to the godliness and simplicity of life in Kidderminster . |
| 6 | First one calculates a complex number a , called a probability amplitude ( see Appendix AS ) and then the probability itself ( which , naturally , has to be a positive number and less than I ) is given by the square of the modulus of a , or Ia " as we have learnt to write it . |
| 7 | First we need a proper idea of what it is we are seeking to explain . |
| 8 | He , like many others , was to learn the truth of the Talmud that , ‘ our passions are like travellers : at first they make a brief stay ; then they are like guests , who visit often ; and then they turn into tyrants , who hold us in their power . ’ |
| 9 | First they begin a political offensive , propagandising widely and saying that the Cuban people oppose Communism … |
| 10 | Lérins itself was important in two ways ; first it played a major part in the promotion of monastic ideals in Gaul , and second it trained a succession of bishops who made a substantial impact on the Gallo-Roman , and later Frankish , Church . |
| 11 | It worked , and at first it seemed a perfect arrangement . |
| 12 | At first it assumed a sallow glow ; then , during the cold spring , it went all the way from hot-dog mustard to peanut butter . |
| 13 | At first it appeared a good development for the island — the Germans promised to look after poor patients with tuberculosis and , in return , were given many favourable concessions such as duty-free importation of equipment and the right to expropriate land . |
| 14 | Although Bekenstein 's hypothesis that black holes have a finite entropy requires for its consistency that black holes should radiate thermally , at first it seems a complete miracle that the detailed quantum-mechanical calculations of particle creation should give rise to emission with a thermal spectrum . |
| 15 | At first he made a great success of his new-found freedom , earning sufficient money to rent an elegant apartment , marry , and enjoy a reasonable standard of living . |
| 16 | First he has a powerful game . |
| 17 | Murray 's club-mate , Tom McKean , has set his store on the World Indoors but first he has a personal score to settle with his GB team-mate , David Sharpe , who pipped him on Saturday to make it 1-1 between them indoors this winter . |
| 18 | First he tried a free kick from 35 yards out . |