Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] first [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm a few hard facts just to confirm first of all |
| 2 | Now , could I , could I go through , cos I 'd like , I 'd like to at some stage ask you to do an exercise on this just to see first of all how complicated it is and then , at the end , how simple it is . |
| 3 | On the way down on that stretch of road from death one to death two I call them , the roundabouts I suddenly realised if we were going to have a rehearsal we needed to have a bouquet of flowers did n't we so I leapt out of the car picked some weeds tied them up with a piece of strong so that the chap of our staff who was going to be in front of me was going to hold them during the rehearsal whilst I dashed up to play first of all the Lord Provost and then the Queen or the Lady Provost as she then was . |
| 4 | On a kill they show no special relish for liver , heart or kidneys by singling them out to eat first as delicacies . |
| 5 | ‘ He taught me never to look first at the things you want to buy . |