Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | This targets them towards the most important part of the prey , where they can do most damage with their first contact . |
| 2 | Feasting her eyes on him as he quickly enclosed his nether limbs , Gina was forcibly reminded of their first meeting . |
| 3 | He thought : He has acquired the mystique of the story-teller and , glancing at the ring of fire-lit and intent faces , he was suddenly reminded of his first village school , of the children clustered round Miss Douglas at three o'clock on a Friday afternoon for the half hour of story-time , and felt a pang of pain and regret for those lost days of innocence and love . |
| 4 | In his own beloved English , it was always higher , averaging 71.3 per cent in the three years he offered the subject ; French , which was only offered in his first year produced a convincing 75 per cent ; and Economics , offered in two years , 62 per cent . |
| 5 | Jeremy was swiftly ejected from his first job , at the Rotherham Advertiser and for a time he made Paddington Bears for a living . |
| 6 | If the whole business was so easily explained , why had she been so affected by his first mention of it ? |
| 7 | I 'd better practise on you first . |
| 8 | Another example , I 'm afraid , of the impertinence of conductors in supposing that composers who had second thoughts were necessarily hankering after their first versions all the time . |
| 9 | We have already come across our first clue as to why species become extinct , and many others will emerge as the evolutionary story unfolds ; all of the solar planets were formed by catastrophic processes . |
| 10 | Joyce was no longer living with his first wife . |
| 11 | That meant that as well as the cheque she had just written for her first month 's rent on her new accommodation , she would have to find three months ' mortgage from somewhere . |
| 12 | It had taken six telephone calls and much going to and fro before Peter and Susie finally arrived for their first counselling appointment . |
| 13 | ‘ As I said , it 's up to you , ’ said this stupid young man , who could have done anything he liked to me — or so I felt at that moment — if only he had done it , and not talked about it first , trying to strike a bargain . |
| 14 | Children just beginning on their first language have to solve the problem of how forms map on to meanings . |
| 15 | Celtic have just kicked off their first leg UEFA Cup tie against Sporting Lisbon at Parkhead … |
| 16 | From some of the illustrations we have already noted in our first chapter concerning Jeanne Dixon , there is circumstantial evidence to support these gifts . |
| 17 | It is a little after breakfast and the Koons have just walked into their first scandal of the day . |
| 18 | Buchi Emecheta is best remembered for her first book , In the Ditch , an autobiographical account of life in 1960s London for a young Nigerian woman with five children . |
| 19 | At sixteen , having taken her Higher School Certificate , she was already preparing for her first MD examination . |
| 20 | Keep an emery board handy in case of nail snags , so your teeth do not get to them first ! |
| 21 | The new company is already working on its first major contract , worth £20 million , to rebuild the country 's naval base . |
| 22 | On an outing to the obscure Gate Crag in Eskdale we picked a route called Bosigran — this had to be climbed because I 'd just returned from my first climbing trip to Cornwall . |
| 23 | I duly arrived for my first drive . |
| 24 | Given the standard-setting qualities of the team 's FW15 car , which will make its racing debut at Kyalami in 12 weeks , there is every chance Hill may not only win his first race with the Didcot team but also go on to challenge for his first title . |
| 25 | When asked what further services clients and their carers would wish , more home help was always given as their first priority . |
| 26 | The apple as symbol is all around us but most of us would still think of it first as a tasty snack . |
| 27 | She realised that he had n't ever responded to her first mildly scolding words as they left the Hamiltons ' . |
| 28 | Charlton 's men have already overcome one hazardous encounter , escaping from Copenhagen last month with a valuable point — which left the Danes still searching for their first win after their opening three games . |
| 29 | down in Division three hereford are still searching for their first league win of the season … tonight they 're at home to Wycombe … on saturday they went down to Lincoln … the score 2-1 |
| 30 | down in Division three hereford are still searching for their first league win of the season … tonight they 're at home to Wycombe … on saturday they went down to Lincoln … the score 2-1 |