Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It amazes me how ready small investors are to buy rubbishy ‘ penny shares ’ when it is so easy to spot first class quality companies with shares at a bargain basement levels . |
| 2 | It is virtually impossible to succeed first time . |
| 3 | The expression " by post " includes ordinary post , though it may be preferable to use first class . |
| 4 | He came back full of the experience and made us all quite envious , but he was able to see first hand what went on at the business end of the oil industry and picked up some useful knowledge for future reference when dealing with the oil men . |
| 5 | Because some of the volunteers subsequently joined my slimming and exercise classes which I hold weekly at the Holiday Inn in Leicester , I was able to hear first hand the kind of encouraging comments which only served to confirm what I was seeing with my eyes as each week passed . |
| 6 | Morley Street was beaten 16 lengths and trainer Toby Balding said : ‘ The jockeys on the fancied horses were so busy watching each other that Adrian was able to get first run and nick it . ’ |
| 7 | Strandli is desperate to play first team football again . |
| 8 | This man , eager to draw first blood , swerved as he neared Sharpe , then leaned out of his saddle to give a gut-slicing sweep with the glittering blade . |