Example sentences of "[adv] [adv prt] [prep] first [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 I think we have got to start again and go right back to first principles .
4 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 .
5 I think this is tosh myself , but it 's really up to first ascensionists , so send me details if you wish .
6 And they 're not above leaving a couple of drays in there late on till first light , rather than stable them .
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