Example sentences of "[conj] we [vb past] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our objective was to identify and characterise anything unusual in the loch , so we had first to define the sonar characteristics or the things we knew were there : notably to establish the position , strength and movement of signals received from fish . |
| 2 | Er and this this case the there was a fire in a flat , the chap had gone out to work , we did n't know he 'd gone out to work , so we broke First of all we informed the fire brigade was on the way , we broke down the door , quick look in the flat , best possible way we could look , and the fire brigade turned up and dealt with the flat . |
| 3 | Our next destination was the West Coast and we stopped first at Arthur 's Pass , where we 'd been invited to stay in a tramping hut but it was under repair , so we stayed in a backpackers ' . |
| 4 | I ferried and drove to Great Neck one weekend to see Maggie , an old friend from the Sixties , who 'd been through three husbands and several transformations since we 'd first been King 's Road freaks together . |
| 5 | We arrived back in Funchal some twelve hours after we had first caught the bus . |