Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [adv prt] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I originally got them down first to 100 , then to 80 , but finance dictated that I select a smaller number . |
| 2 | Rebecca 's Loud Blowsy Tart was the longest ‘ act ’ , so we dropped her off first at a wine bar near St Paul 's . |
| 3 | They were screaming for Lorna , and Robert handed her out first , then steadied Jo on her unaccustomed high heels . |
| 4 | ‘ An alternative theory is that the killer knocked him out first , then went into the washroom to strip and came back for the final throat-cutting before Berowne had a chance to come round . |
| 5 | ‘ Wrote a snotty letter to the poor chap at Kenwards — I rang him up first , of course , he was embarrassed all over again — asking him to ask his client to leave mine alone . |
| 6 | I got him out first ball . |
| 7 | And they fitted her Ange so I told you I bet she put them on first . |
| 8 | When this ended , he set himself up first as a portrait painter . |