Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [prep] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We go in mainly for first editions of the classics but we do have some rather nice botanical books , floras mostly , sought after for their plates … |
| 2 | Perhaps surprisingly at first sight , additional variable capacitance is introduced in parallel with R 2 and additional fixed capacitance in parallel with R 1 . |
| 3 | The lower storey has thick walls while the upper one has thinner walls set back to form a terrace all round at first floor level . |
| 4 | I do get nervous , but not necessarily on first nights . |
| 5 | Brian Lara was dropped low down at first slip by Wessels off his first ball from Snell , and Keith Arthurton , in his first Test for three years , survived two slip catches off no-balls and another actual chance in his top score of 59 , filled with 10 exciting on-side boundaries . |
| 6 | I think we have got to start again and go right back to first principles . |
| 7 | At last I got on a bus , which trundled quite briskly to the far end of the King 's Road , but after World 's End , where the streets were darker , the fog seemed to close in and the bus was forced to nose its way cautiously along in first gear . |
| 8 | I think this is tosh myself , but it 's really up to first ascensionists , so send me details if you wish . |
| 9 | Alcoholism may progress quickly over a few years but commonly progresses over twenty years or even more from first intoxication until terminal chronic disease . |
| 10 | And they 're not above leaving a couple of drays in there late on till first light , rather than stable them . |