Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Junior naval officers were nominally ratings , for a midshipman was a warrant officer in contrast to the army equivalents , the ensign of foot or cornet of cavalry , who enjoyed commissioned rank , but it was for that reason that the Admiralty did not monopolise first appointments in the fleet , only interesting themselves in appointments at the rank of lieutenant or above . |
| 2 | She definitely did n't come first with him . |
| 3 | So you did n't get first prize then ? |
| 4 | Well my son , Andrew , was involved with some of these discussions , so what I did n't learn first hand myself I learned second hand from him . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm sorry I did n't phone first … ’ he began defensively . |