Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can win here in first venture in selling company . |
| 2 | Presumably , therefore , a House of Commons bent on pressing a Bill to extend the life of Parliament could do so by first abolishing the House of Lords under the Parliament Act procedure and then passing the Bill and presenting it for the Royal Assent . |
| 3 | I did use more at first when I was buying grams , say a year ago , when I was doin' that , but , say this last year I was trying to pace meself out 'cos I knew that I 'd run outa money eventually , so I had to try and make it last … . |
| 4 | The Administration of Justice Act 1969 introduced the leap-frog appeal so that cases could go straight from first instance to the House of Lords when the Court of Appeal would be bound by precedent , thereby saving considerable costs . |
| 5 | It did n't seem so at first . |
| 6 | However , since on can alternate also with first and third person pronouns , which like their second person counterparts can also have definite reference , it is not particularly easy to specify tokens of the alternative class ( see Laberge and Sankoff 1980 : 272ff for a large number of examples ) . |
| 7 | Trent knew that Louis ' men , if they were able , would strike soon after first light . |
| 8 | ‘ Then why did n't you say so at first ? |
| 9 | The coming of the railway through to Maidstone did n't help as at first there was no station at Halling . |