Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] first [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I was saying to Daddy actually I it would be better if I got up first and went in the bathroom . |
| 2 | ‘ It would be much easier if I went in first and then you could push me up , ’ said Fenella . |
| 3 | I went in first and all I saw was standard classroom with a blackboard down one wall , two lines of plain tables and some wooden chairs . |
| 4 | I round up all the suitable containers in the house — china , glass and plastic , plain and coloured — and on U-day , I sneak out first and put them in strategic places all round the garden . |
| 5 | It was she who turned away first and when she rested her arm against the wall to support the linen whilst she put the key in the lock , he came forward , saying eagerly , ‘ Let me . ’ |
| 6 | You go up first and then help me . ’ |
| 7 | That i it would be the people who stood up first and accused the landlords and took the lead in the settling accounts procedure , they were more likely to be able to , to get more in the way of than anybody else , that they would get more land , more erm better quality land the animals , implements etcetera and those sort of , th those peasants who were taking the lead were actually members of the Party were they ? |
| 8 | Rain saw only that he got there first and Harbury was left holding out the wine glass . |
| 9 | He took off first and circled the field , testing the controls . |