Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is time to turn from the past to the future and consider first what centrally regulated changes in the curriculum for schools would help to raise the overall standard of education of children , nation-wide . |
| 2 | Near Portree , ‘ the harbour of the king ’ — James V , rather of Mary , Queen of Scots , once sailed in — I lay on heathland and watched first one , then another , high against the clear blue sky . |
| 3 | After Ken went , they drove off to Hornsey in the ambulance and stopped first for a Chinese meal — much against Lou 's wishes ; she does n't like Chinese — followed by a session at the pub . |
| 4 | Paul is an ex-professional clarinetist , still loves music , is keen on sport and plays first division league tennis for Surrey . |
| 5 | Ultimately , however , the beavers ' lake , like any other , will fill with sediment and turn first into a swamp and then into a level green grassland . |
| 6 | Stevie had the honour and drove first . |
| 7 | While Henry II talked of peace and allowed first Geoffrey and then Henry to pull the wool over his eyes , Richard 's duchy was slipping away from him . |
| 8 | When I got home , I would buy a new computer and explore first DesignaKnit and then other software packages . |
| 9 | He was crouching underneath the pageant , looking up at the sky through the central trapdoor , waiting to be created out of a rib in Adam 's chest and become First Woman . |
| 10 | Edward returned to England in the following spring with Burgundian support and defeated first Warwick at the battle of Barnet and then the Lancastrian army at Tewkesbury . |
| 11 | Edward returned to England in the following spring with Burgundian support and defeated first Warwick at the battle of Barnet and then the Lancastrian army at Tewkesbury . |
| 12 | As soon as you decide to attack your opponent , you must seize the initiative and strike first . |
| 13 | Again and again , Dorian Gray went secretly to the room and looked first at the ugly and terrible face in the picture , then at the beautiful young face that laughed back at him from the mirror . |
| 14 | This does not have to have been the winning of some special prize or coming first in every race . |
| 15 | Tug slumped into a chair and looked first to one side and then to the other . |
| 16 | V. P. Dzhelepov , who had earlier discovered the temperature dependence of muon catalysed fusion and stimulated first Gershtein and Vesman and now Ponomarev , organised an experimental investigation at Dubna ( a nuclear laboratory near Moscow ) . |
| 17 | When Smith finally resumed his studies at Oxford he managed to compress his delayed undergraduate career into just 18 months , during which short time he won the university 's most prestigious classics prize and gained first class honours in both classics and mathematics . |
| 18 | She sat back , munching , face red but eyes twinkling , and with those eyes indicated the two women who 'd been looking at us ; then she raised one finger and pointed first at me , then at her . |
| 19 | Stolen early on in the Revolution , the Regent diamond was recovered by the French Adjutant-General and pawned first to a German banker and then to a Dutchman to secure loans . |
| 20 | Single : ( also known as base hit ) when a batter hits the ball in fair territory and reaches first base without being thrown out . |
| 21 | 22mm hot water supply pipe leading off the vent pipe and going first to the bath hot tap |
| 22 | ‘ I am willing to use my skills as a paramedic to accompany someone requiring medical care or to instruct first aid to any organisation in exchange for the flight , ’ she said . |
| 23 | We come therefore , to the substantive application and to note first the legal principles governing the public interest immunity attaching to this class of documents . |
| 24 | Boris Gidaspov , the Leningrad city and oblast first secretary who had emerged recently as one of the most prominent party conservatives , said that " complete disorganization of the executive mechanism " was responsible for growing destabilization in the country . |
| 25 | The findings from the investigation , as given above , caused both the client and the analysts to review the situation and concentrate first on the general organisation of the filing system as a whole , to determine if it were possible to achieve some degree of commonality as a prerequisite to the development of a computer support system . |
| 26 | It has a worldwide reputation as a centre of excellence and provides first class specialist care for patients from throughout the country who regard it and its staff with affection and gratitude . |
| 27 | Rolly single-handedly attempted to apprehend the youths , put out the fire and administer first aid to barman Wheeler . |
| 28 | When a genial Belgian couple , came to Italy looking for a home , they discovered the Mariano Estate and fell first for its perfect views . |