Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The male got up first , and wrapped his lantern jaws around a hunk of meat . |
| 2 | If that 's clear we then need to go back and attack the hiatus hernia with more erm , but we 'd better get your chest sorted out first . |
| 3 | If Mola got there first , not only would he snatch that honour from him , but it might also mean the end of the war and his return to the relative anonymity of normal army routine . |
| 4 | ‘ It looks like the London Underground got there first . ’ |
| 5 | In a multi-electron atom , the lowest energy shells fill up first . |
| 6 | I move to sit by Darren Parker , but Simon Singh gets there first and most of the other seats are taken by now . |
| 7 | The bozo in pyjamas gets there first . |
| 8 | The roof went on first . |
| 9 | Do n't let the body and legs pull the club , but instead try to make the club get there first on the right path and the body be pulled on through into the finish . |
| 10 | Do n't let the body and legs pull the club but instead try to make the club get there first . |
| 11 | Flight weak , laboured and pattering take-off from water and legs trailing down first , later straight out behind . |
| 12 | ‘ As it happened , that very year , for the first time , a computer won a tournament : a program developed by North-western University came in first in the Class B section of the Paul Masson American Chess Championship . |
| 13 | ‘ It was said that this was the place where the tide came in first and went out last , but this recession has barely affected us so far ’ , announces Richard Needham , minister of state for Northern Ireland . |
| 14 | Not unnaturally Chantal got there first . |
| 15 | Gordon Durie stole down the right and seeing the defences lack of organisation , he blasted in a low pass which McCoist drove home first time . |
| 16 | But setting purity of pronunciation aside , could any child master any first language so well that native speakers would regard him as fully competent in matters lexical and grammatical ? |
| 17 | In the second half they pushed and pulled Bristol apart … the pack worked like a steamroller … and produced 4 tries … hooker John Hawker went over first … |
| 18 | Oh , Mum , what a mess your daughter has got herself into , and all because of her silly pride , her determination to lash out first before anyone could lash back ! |
| 19 | Patrick climbed out first and them helped Jane down ; Collins was the last man out , and Patrick heard him murmur to the driver , " Around the block the long way , only stop if you see us on the street . " |
| 20 | Joseph set off for the door but Rain got there first . |
| 21 | ( Note , for example , Hechter and Brustein 's ( 1980 ) argument as to the importance of the feudal mode of production in parts of western Europe — as against the sedentary pastoral and petty commodity modes elsewhere — to the transition to capitalism appearing there first . ) |
| 22 | Once established , procedures must be followed and the job done right first time to the satisfaction of everyone in the quality chain . |
| 23 | Tomorrow we 've got quite a lively day ahead of us erm by the time we do our group work tomorrow first thing in the morning , and also tomorrow after that you 'll be doing a role play as well using the things that you 've picked up today and seeing how many of them you can practice and put into action what you talked about . |
| 24 | It took her three months to gain the confidence to walk through a door , even if the other two dogs walked out first . |
| 25 | They had slightly the better of the first half but a poor pass to Sleightholme lost one chance and then Sleightholme could not touch down a useful kick by Maynard , Stabler getting there first . |
| 26 | Low numbers participating and also the quality of the start line rather detract from the value but British boats coming in first and second is excellent . |
| 27 | The Bergens went out first , then the RAOC men , their equipment attached to them . |
| 28 | I opted for the neckband , as I usually do , because I like to do these double , so if the front bands go on first I have to do two buttonholes on the double fabric of the neckband . |
| 29 | The Austrians fell back first on the Gnila-Lipa , and many withdrew to the city of Lemberg 40km/25mls distant . |
| 30 | ‘ We wait for Quincx to get back first . |