Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I 'd better check first . ’ |
| 2 | On the way down on that stretch of road from death one to death two I call them , the roundabouts I suddenly realised if we were going to have a rehearsal we needed to have a bouquet of flowers did n't we so I leapt out of the car picked some weeds tied them up with a piece of strong so that the chap of our staff who was going to be in front of me was going to hold them during the rehearsal whilst I dashed up to play first of all the Lord Provost and then the Queen or the Lady Provost as she then was . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm sorry I did n't phone first … ’ he began defensively . |
| 5 | So you did n't get first prize then ? |