Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [adv] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even then , Valerie opted for living together first — but a year later I received an invitation to their wedding . |
| 2 | In the absence of Philip and Storie , George Reifer will open the batting with Bruce Patterson , Clydesdale 's new professional , and though Reifer has not had too much experience of going in first , he did open a couple of times during his 15-game spell with Barbados . |
| 3 | Oxford came next they went out as favourites and were confident of pulling home first … |
| 4 | But a hard-sliding Rickey Henderson forced Jays second baseman , Nelson Liriano , into throwing past first base , allowing two runs . |
| 5 | That bastard over getting there first I think ! |
| 6 | ‘ She was talking about leaving here first thing tomorrow . ’ |
| 7 | Constables know that all radio messages are taped and that the time they take to arrive at calls is recorded , which is often unnecessary , given the competition to beat other stations and colleagues by getting there first , although stories were told to us of instances where people were transferred for failing to respond to a call . |