Example sentences of "[noun] first and [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He reached the bottom first and the teapot , a close second , hit him on the head and smashed , spilling luke-warm tea down his navy-blue shirt . |
| 2 | Tell somebody that ‘ It 's just a joke ’ , ‘ It 's supposed to be a poem ’ , ‘ No speeches please ’ or ‘ Let's have the meeting first and a chat later ’ and they will process or produce the discourse quite differently . |
| 3 | Question of omitting it does n't arise unless until we get to that part of the plaintiff 's case and erm I shall hear the evidence of the plaintiff and the other witnesses first and the advocation can be renewed in due ti in due course at the proper time . |
| 4 | I 's eat all the chocolate first and the inside afterwards |
| 5 | It seems that in any country , the Rottweiler is always recognized as a working dog first and a show dog as an after thought and then as only a show dog . |
| 6 | Have you ever felt you 've been judged as a woman first and a musician second ? |
| 7 | Examine and agree on a job description first and a contract of employment which you are satisfied with and understand . |
| 8 | ‘ The reason that they 're sparse is because when I 'm singing it 's kind of hard to be very rhythmic , so it 's the voice first and the guitar parts fitting around that , with the whole thing being locked together by a pretty solid and very basic groove . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ This was a challenge first and a race second , ’ said . |
| 10 | You got a bit of training first and the adventure took a whole afternoon . |
| 11 | The DTI says you are a company first and a charity next , but we say we are a charity first . |
| 12 | Even an understanding husband may feel resentment if his wife is a mother first and a wife second . |
| 13 | Ironically , Clough 's own kid Nigel had to undergo the same perpetual ultra-critical appraisal of his skills before the Forest manager would accept the striker as a player first and a member of the family second . |
| 14 | Stalinists and Trotskyites and Anarchists all putting their feuds first and the fight against Fascism second . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm a businessman first and a boxer second , and the reason I 'm so successful as a pugilist is that I know my limitations better than anyone else . ’ |