Example sentences of "[vb past] to [pers pn] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It occurred to me first that she was playing some dangerous role — as in her old undercover days — perhaps trying to gain some sort of information or advantage . |
| 2 | ‘ You came to me first ? ’ |
| 3 | It was Barney who returned to it first , dribbling cream into his coffee and watching it swirl into a spiral on the surface . |
| 4 | His normal hygiene practices were established by the nurse who talked to him first and he was encouraged to continue with these . |
| 5 | Unless the Grand Army got to him first . |
| 6 | I went to him first . |
| 7 | I went to you first because you have known him who is from the beginning . |
| 8 | And erm Claire spoke to him first of all , and we decided to pull over and talk to this chap cos he was going on and on , and I said to her |
| 9 | But then the lady came back on again — you know , the one who spoke to me first — and she said ‘ Thank you very much , ’ and she told me they were going to send me a prize of — wait for it — 5 . |
| 10 | I warmed to it first of all because , like the Eggle New York elsewhere in this issue , it obviously is n't trying to be anything else ; it can stand on its own merits without any need for the usual identikit comparisons . |