Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dialogue or soliloquy come first : action is confined to minor stage directions concerning gesture or the kind of movements called , by biologists , displacement activity . |
| 2 | The hon. Member for Spelthorne ( Mr. Wilshire ) found himself in an interesting ideological twist on whether function or structure came first . |
| 3 | He spoke to staff and prisoners to hear first hand what conditions are like inside . |
| 4 | My father and brothers eat first . |
| 5 | Most of the rain which reaches rivers and lakes has first passed over vegetation and through soils , so the land use and soil type can influence the acidity of water courses . |
| 6 | He once remarked that good prose is like a window-pane , meaning that you ought to be able to see through it without seeing it ; and anyone who has ever tried to write prose like that , or to see human creatures in life or fiction like Waugh 's early fictional characters , will know how much clutter of mind and words needs first to be cleared away . |
| 7 | A more educated , literate , and rational society weakens their effect ; contraceptive knowledge and practice spreads first in the more educated classes , then to poorer people . |
| 8 | At this level of support the electoral system begins to work very handsomely in a party 's favour , and Labour came first in over three-quarters of the wards . |
| 9 | The pastor and deacons partook first … |
| 10 | Hands and feet go first . |
| 11 | ‘ Something awful 's in the closet , ’ she 'd sobbed to Grams , and Grams had first held her and comforted her , then opened the door to show her that there was nothing inside but clothing . |
| 12 | They argued that an ultra-right political movement could be possible only when its language and assumptions had first become an accepted part of the Federal Republic 's political discourse . |
| 13 | And Jesus came first and foremost as he is , as Nicodemus learns here to seek and to save that which was lost . |
| 14 | Last time Shell Transport and Trading came first , Glaxo was second , and Marks and Spencer came third . |
| 15 | I did n't go till about half ten ah no cos I had a few letters and stuff to write first and I thought right I 'll just take me time and , cos I wanted to I did n't wan na go faster than you know than I should , I should have done sort of thing cos I wanted to time it properly . |
| 16 | We have to get to school and there 's the rabbits and things to feed first . ’ |
| 17 | Fishbane and Fagg came first , Fishbane 's six foot three inches of scrawny frame making an interesting counterpart to the roly-poly little Fagg , whose progress was retarded by his gouty limp . |
| 18 | " The Meeting stented Ten pounds Sterl. for the Bridge built upon the water of Duich , " … and recommended that " the wood of the Bridge to be paid with Tar and top Covered first with wrought Clay over the Tar and then Graveld , and it is further recommended to Sell the Timber of the old Bridge |
| 19 | They decided that they should go to work as no more news could be expected yet and Maureen hurried first to see Sarah . |
| 20 | Ratagan and Luib took first watch , whilst the rest lay and listened to the wind , felt it tugging at the tarpaulin . |
| 21 | Underlying these concerns is the bankers ' need for a fair document of title , and fairness requires first of all honesty . |
| 22 | There was little left that bore any resemblance to the original landscape in which Stephen and Christina had first holidayed . |
| 23 | At the 1988 tournament , held in Hong Kong , South Korea and Japan emerged first and second respectively and went on to play Western Samoa and Tonga for two berths in the 1991 World Cup . |
| 24 | I mean , ranking of the countries descending as business in the way it changes , and Japan comes first , Germany 's gone down in recent years because of that trouble , but America has consistently been the major investor in this country . |
| 25 | There were twenty five thousand , I , I would n't like to see twenty five thousand on that ground again , because I , I used to smoke at the time and we were packed that tight in the ground I could n't even get my hands down to my pockets to get a cigarette out , so the erm after the first few games they started to draw at home and then they seemed to lose the impetus and that they still held a good position in the league , but the following season Liverpool were in the second division at the time , and I , I went to that match and Walsall scored first through Colin and er , they went on to beat us six-one in the end . |
| 26 | Toman 's curling left wing corner was held up in the wind and Borthwick reacted first in a crowded six-yard box to poke the ball home . |
| 27 | Toman 's curling left wing corner was held up in the wind and Borthwick reacted first in a crowded six yard box to poke the ball home . |
| 28 | As to the three first designs it must be recollected that while the first prize for the Foreign Office was awarded to Messrs. Coe and Hofland , yet they did not compete for the War Office again , while in the opinion of Mr. Burn and that of the assessors , Messrs. Banks and Barry stood first in merit for the Foreign Office ; yet , according to the same opinion , they were unsuccessful for the War Office , while Mr. Scott stood second both for one and the other . |
| 29 | Woodland routes and paths following first the River Cardew , then a railway line , lead you to Carlisle . |
| 30 | Her papa , Jared Tunstall , the senior senator for Nevada , was a personal friend of the King , and Sally-Anne had first met him when he was the Prince of Wales . |