Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Homoeopathy did not help him either but at his third visit he commented that he did not know which came first , his sinus problem or his depression . |
| 2 | It is not recorded who said first ‘ Let's build a golf course at Henley ’ but it was probably one of four men inspired by the opening of Huntercombe course at Nuffield in 1901 . |
| 3 | They 'd ganged up on Kenny and afterwards he looked as if the mean streets had come up to meet him face first . |
| 4 | and er , she said my eyes really sparkled she said first time I 've seen them sparkle for a long while so I was right chuffed about that . |
| 5 | I did n't know who to telephone first — my husband , to tell him the amazing news — or Sally Bulgin , editor of The Artist , to ask if she was really sure my picture was the chosen one ! |
| 6 | It does n't matter who goes first . |
| 7 | Do n't matter who speaks first ? |
| 8 | I , I , well let me start first of all like most companies this has been erm er concentrated wonderfully in er reconsidering the plans and this means that quite seriously that erm er the cost can not be precisely in the accounts because there 's a redesign . |
| 9 | I do n't care who reads first really , but never mind |
| 10 | I said to my son , ‘ Well , I could n't quite decide what to put first . |
| 11 | Now why did you leave first time ? |
| 12 | Where did we go first time ? |
| 13 | ‘ Why do you collect first editions ? |