Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [noun sg] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Potentially insipid womblings are fired up by the kind of melodies that demand attention first and slip into something more comfortable later on . |
| 2 | if dropped head first |
| 3 | Children learn to speak and understand speech first and without the formal instruction needed when learning to read and write . |
| 4 | Let's go and have coffee first , and then I 've got to call at the bank to get some cash , and dump that package , before we start shopping . ’ |
| 5 | Terrified , the giant backed away from them as they came towards him and fell head first over the crag , never to be seen again . |
| 6 | Tonight one theory is the baby was tipped out of the pushchair by an older child , and fell head first onto the tiled floor . |
| 7 | Zorro leaped through an enormous fountain , but tripped and fell face first into the water . |
| 8 | I went to the gun and tackle shop first , to see old Mackenzie and take another of his American hunting catapults off him , and some air-gun pellets , too . |
| 9 | It was just Guido , she decided , throwing him a harsh look , wishing he 'd lose his balance and fall head first into the water . |