Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] first [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whoever sits down first gets the remote-control . |
| 2 | Also there are elements in these sculptures which can not properly be understood if one has not first considered the contemporary revolution in painting . |
| 3 | One way of playing it is for the person who gets back first to get one point and it can be the first team to ten . |
| 4 | Dynamic , decisive , celebrating the market economy ( ‘ If the market demands change , all the obstacles people want to put up mean nothing , because whoever gets there first gets the business : it 's a very fast way of making things happen ’ ) , Hailes and Elkington are the antithesis of much that green has traditionally stood for . |
| 5 | It 's always a case of who gets there first gets the best position and things like that ! |