Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] first [coord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is difficult enough now to find any first or second round matches of any consequence in the women 's singles at almost any tournament , especially the Grand Slams . |
| 2 | The other two were small fish , Jack Elam and Neville Brand , but they could have argued over first and second place in an Ugly Contest . |
| 3 | TWO British housewives beat hundreds of professional cooks to pick up first and second prizes in the Indian Chef of the Year contest . |
| 4 | No I do n't think she 's ready quite yet , she 's got a few things to sort out first and that 's definitely not right , she wants to raise the daggerboard not lower it , bit of confusion there about which way to turn the tiller but she 's round safely , she should be looking where she 's going now instead of sorting out all the string . |
| 5 | I move to sit by Darren Parker , but Simon Singh gets there first and most of the other seats are taken by now . |
| 6 | Low numbers participating and also the quality of the start line rather detract from the value but British boats coming in first and second is excellent . |
| 7 | I went in first and all I saw was standard classroom with a blackboard down one wall , two lines of plain tables and some wooden chairs . |
| 8 | I was told I should lend that classroom to them I ca n't ge really get out first and that should be my turn to be out first today . |
| 9 | ‘ We feel a defender has to be able to defend well first and foremost and that was n't the best part of Jeff 's game . |
| 10 | ‘ We feel a defender has to be able to defend well first and foremost and that was n't the best part of Jeff 's game . |