Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 31 | The mushrooms I have already mentioned but in addition and all for free were blackberries , elderberries , crab apples , bullaces ( the original plum — rather like a damson but sweeter ) , hazelnuts ( if we could outwit the squirrels and get in first ) , bilberries and sloes . |
| 32 | Brannen , born on a farm at Sadberge and raised at first Long Newton and then Yarm , moved to Stoke at the age of 20 partly to study a sports and recreation degree at North Staffordshire Polytechnic but mainly to train under the guidance of Jim Talbot , the national decathlon coach . |
| 33 | There has been no point in British history at which the prevailing method of government has been completely swept away , allowing those in power to sit down and create from first principles a new and clearly delineated form of government . |
| 34 | The darker humour associated with ED 209 , which does indeed look quite large and threatening at first ( and not at all like a model only one foot ( 30cm ) high , which it is ) is typified when it , in error , riddles a young executive with machine-gun bullets on its first official presentation and the stunned silence is broken by a cry of ‘ Someone send for a paramedic ! ’ |
| 35 | He knew Sir Harry , as he knew most of the British ministers , well enough to drop titles in private and revert to first names . |
| 36 | The first race was off at two fifteen but on race day Cheltenham is up and running at first light . |
| 37 | Towards the and of his stint , he filled a gap in the team for the Italian GP at Monza — and saw at first hand one of BRM 's famous fiascos . |
| 38 | Margaret of Carlisle , 47 , was widowed two years ago and knew at first hand the financial problems that can arise from the sudden death of a loved one and the trauma of finding that her partner was inadequately insured . |
| 39 | She bent over the bed and thought at first that she was too late . |
| 40 | When he went through the back door he discovered the printers had gone home and thought at first no one was there . |
| 41 | Andrew Garthwaite had been playing pool with his attacker and thought at first it was a joke . |
| 42 | I was glad to stay and rest at first , but after a few minutes I became unbearably nervous . |
| 43 | Ide Tynan , like many others in Irish traditional music , was classically trained and sang as first soprano with the RTE Philharmonic Choir . |
| 44 | Gustavsson made the leading group 1.5km from the finish and went on to outsprint Blyth and Rohr for first place , a brilliant recovery from a dismal start . |
| 45 | The aircraft will fly , be certificated and delivered to first customers in 1996 . |
| 46 | There was a special edge to this match because they had beaten us easily in each of our past five encounters and had at first declined a fixture this year . |
| 47 | Crows acrobated above a dead elm tree , ‘ The crow will tumble up and down/ at first sign of spring/ and in old trees around the town/brush winter from its wing . ’ |
| 48 | Fearing the discovery of this by Vendale , an English associate of the firm , he plans to kill him , and believes at first that he has done so . |
| 49 | I thank my hon. Friend for the time and trouble that he took last week to visit my constituency and see at first hand the problems caused by and resulting from British Rail . |
| 50 | Deceptively simple and restrained at first , then juicy , almost lychees , with a salty/grassy finish . |
| 51 | Most railways printed a range of tickets for servants entitled ‘ to privilege third class travel ’ , which had quite heavy usage , but servants in higher grades without ‘ All Stations ’ passes and entitled to First Class travel must have been very few . |
| 52 | In 1985 , they " woke up " and sued for possession but failed at first instance . |
| 53 | Even his last act of desperation proved a failure ; James was ignominiously stopped by fishermen at Faversham , Kent , who recognised his travelling companion , Sir Edward Hales ( Governor of the Tower ) , but failed at first to recognise the King . |
| 54 | The railway company always intended to lease the Euston as a first-class hotel but tried at first to run the Victoria itself . |
| 55 | But get in first , before you freeze . |
| 56 | Clean changes were possible given a little patience , but moving from first to second was reminiscent of shovelling coal — sometime the lever slid into place , sometimes it jarred my whole body . |
| 57 | Life was sex , infidelity. divorces , Infatuation , yes , but love at first sight , smell , touch ? |
| 58 | As I have sought to show in the present chapter , the philosophical grounds on which individualism is defended , though compelling at first sight , are in fact open to doubt . |
| 59 | It is common ground that in a majority of cases where an order may be made under section 18 for the payment by the Board to the unassisted party of the costs of appellate , as opposed to first instance , proceedings , the Court of Appeal or this House will be in a position at the conclusion of an appeal on the information then before it to decide under section 18(3) what , if any , order for costs should be made against the assisted party and to form at least a provisional view under section 18(4) ( c ) as to whether it would be ‘ just and equitable in all the circumstances of the case that provision for the costs should be made out of public funds . ’ |
| 60 | At the barrier at Gatwick , I was met by a friendly policeman who told me that the injuries were not as bad as had at first been thought , and that none of my family was in danger — news which immediately reduced me to tears . |