Example sentences of "went first " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went first to the then elder statesman of the faculty of divinity , William Telfer the Master of Selwyn , whom Ramsey respected . |
| 2 | Alcester , Twyford , Whitmore Reans and Dutton Opens went first on the the Avon , canals and Earlswood lakes soon followed by the Kidderminster and Warwich matches . |
| 3 | ‘ Maurice went first , ’ Jack muttered . |
| 4 | He went first thing next morning , though , and the innings closed on 270 as Holding became the fourth West Indian to take 200 Test wickets . |
| 5 | I went first to the Children 's Hospital in Birmingham . |
| 6 | In the jump-off Ratina went first and faultlessly again , but Beerbaum , without needing to ask the eight-year-old Classic Touch any desperate questions , won by more than three seconds . |
| 7 | Pero Bermudez went first with the banner of the Cid , and with him five hundred knights who guarded it , all well appointed . |
| 8 | Walsh went first to Hungerford in search of Charles Mogg — ‘ by no means the most intelligent Man in the World ’ — and from him received a detailed account of his conversations with Thomas Jones and other villagers at Holford . |
| 9 | Kaz and I went first ; what a thrill it was . |
| 10 | Delaney went first , sweating at the half-in , half-out vulnerable stage . |
| 11 | Darren again went first and achieved 3 metres 50cm this time , which drew encouraging but sympathic comments from his watching friends . |
| 12 | Philippa went first , kicking off her sandals as she rose from her beanbag . |
| 13 | I went first to Sheikha Grandmother to make my good morning , then greeted all the others in turn . |
| 14 | He went first to Winsor Hill tunnel , situated in a lonely spot approached by a climb over a viaduct from Shepton Mallet . |
| 15 | And I had this strange image of myself and Frankie Vaughan sitting in her front room , spinning a coin to see who went first . |
| 16 | Assuming he was murdered , assuming that the murderer went first into the kitchen , then he could have crept back silently and attacked Berowne from behind . |
| 17 | We went first to the short-termers ' section , which consisted of several barracks in a surprisingly spacious compound . |
| 18 | He went first to an Italian private school and then to the finish English school in Rome . |
| 19 | Both went first to the village school , where by coincidence Caroline is now the chairman of the governors . |
| 20 | She wanted to do that with him , yes , actually that ; she thought about it on and on and waited all week for the moment that might or might not come on Sunday morning in church when , as her cousins went first down the aisle , Tristram glanced in her direction and their eyes met and she was able to send a thought message which said to him , yes , I have n't forgotten . |
| 21 | Ruth went first with Adam , manhandling him in ; the roof was a cracked slab wedged at an angle , and there was only room to stand . |
| 22 | We went first to the Visitor Centre , an old long house barn built of locally quarried limestone and slate , to check up on ‘ new arrivals ’ — summer migrants flying in . |
| 23 | Sliding her arm from beneath him , Beth got out of bed and , wrapping her robe about her shivering form , went first to the window , where she looked out at the moonlit night . |
| 24 | Mr Bumble went first , carrying a dim light , and his wife followed closely behind . |
| 25 | George Merry went first , leading the way with Silver 's compass . |
| 26 | Stephen went first to Knamber Hole where they had found Marianne Price 's bicycle . |
| 27 | Lyn went first up the stairs and into the set of big , shabby rooms with arched windows that seemed full of sky . |
| 28 | When I went first went to work at a laundry . |
| 29 | The BMW went first , its roof torn open by the flames and blast as if by a giant unseen can opener . |
| 30 | She and John went first to see her mother , then to a hotel in Chester overnight , and then to spend a week in North Wales . |