Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adv] [art] first " in BNC.

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1 To her right , as her eyes adjusted to the faint lifting of the darkness , she could just make out the first steps of the spiral tower staircase .
2 Hall said that he could not see why the first and second prize-winners had been passed over , as a Gothic building would have nothing in common with the nearby Treasury Chambers and Whitehall .
3 I do n't know when the first visit was , but it must have been very recent , possibly within a few days of your , er , release . ’
4 No I do n't know where the first one is .
5 You 've got the first stanza which is four lines , has got five lines has four lines ca n't see straight the first stanza has one sentence and it ends at the end of the stanza but then you have one , two , three , four , five more stanzas and you do n't get a full stop until the last stanza half way through .
6 The counsellor should not therefore take up the first issue raised by the counsellees which seems satisfactorily to explain their situation .
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