Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv prt] 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 | In a multi-electron atom , the lowest energy shells fill up first . |
| 4 | The roof went on first . |
| 5 | Flight weak , laboured and pattering take-off from water and legs trailing down first , later straight out behind . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | 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 … |
| 9 | 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 ! |
| 10 | 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 . " |
| 11 | It took her three months to gain the confidence to walk through a door , even if the other two dogs walked out first . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The Bergens went out first , then the RAOC men , their equipment attached to them . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The Austrians fell back first on the Gnila-Lipa , and many withdrew to the city of Lemberg 40km/25mls distant . |
| 16 | ‘ We wait for Quincx to get back first . |
| 17 | But the service had looked at 18 areas and applied a Home Office computer to determine which fire station turns out first to a fire . |
| 18 | The poor shopkeeper was so bemused he actually opened it for her and the pushchair came out first . |
| 19 | DEC AND THE MUSEE D'ORSAY IN PARIS SHOW OFF FIRST FRUITS OF THEIR COLLABORATION — BUT WHERE TO NOW ? |
| 20 | A houseman came in first in a pure white coat , |
| 21 | No I do n't think she 's ready quite yet , she 's got a few things to sort out first and that 's definitely not right , she wants to raise the daggerboard not lower it , bit of confusion there about which way to turn the tiller but she 's round safely , she should be looking where she 's going now instead of sorting out all the string . |
| 22 | In 1973 , under the direction of the Scottish Development Department , the old County Council of Orkney commissioned a firm of planning consultants to draw up first of all an interim strategy and then a Structure Plan to cope with the consequences surrounding the construction of an oil-terminal on the island of Flotta , and with the possibility of further North Sea oil activity taking place within the county . |
| 23 | The research is aimed at drawing on the history of Soviet economic relations with the LDCs as a basis for monitoring the changes brought about first by ‘ perestroika ’ and then by the disintegration of the USSR ; it will then analyse the effect on the developing countries concerned and evaluate the profit and loss account of their economic relations with the Soviet Union ; it will also look at the relevance of these relations to the Soviet economy and that of the constituent republics ; and finally it will try to look at the future prospects of the relationship between the less developed countries and the individual republics of the former Soviet Union . |
| 24 | Rose went in first to talk to Mr Brownlow alone . |
| 25 | Armstrong started up first go and I dialled around the local radio stations to try and catch if anyone was doing anything stupid on the roads . |
| 26 | Some anti-NSF demonstrators rushed the cordon of tanks and troops around the NSF headquarters , and fist fights broke out first with soldiers and then with rival demonstrators . |
| 27 | Jenkins scrambled out first , followed by Graham and Laidlaw . |
| 28 | Brian came in first . |
| 29 | Malcolm went in first and was there for about twenty minutes . |
| 30 | ‘ Th'best go down first and catch his legs when I 've helped him on to the ladder , ’ Jess told Hawkins . |