Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] first [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , Coe and Hofland 's first prize was no longer valid as it was only sixth on unofficial lists , and Banks and Barry and Scott moved up to first and second places respectively on the Foreign Office list . |
| 2 | Alton sent two teams to the competition , made up of first and second year students . |
| 3 | It dropped again at first but eventually picked up for a lively last lap . |
| 4 | She said she had wanted to go home at first but had got used to it at her uncle 's house now . |
| 5 | Resuming the journey from Stone House Bridge , the road now starts a long climb to its summit , rising gently at first and with the Dee an inseparable companion alongside . |
| 6 | As always , remember to practise sl-ow-ly at first and only build up the tempo as and when the part begins to feel comfortable . |
| 7 | ‘ A Hollywood movie about two cops who do n't get along at first but are thrown together on a case involving drugs , foreigners , lots of fights and guns and which ends up with them respecting each other and winning . |
| 8 | However , since on can alternate also with first and third person pronouns , which like their second person counterparts can also have definite reference , it is not particularly easy to specify tokens of the alternative class ( see Laberge and Sankoff 1980 : 272ff for a large number of examples ) . |
| 9 | You have to get out of first and second gear quickly to get the best out of the 325 . |
| 10 | I did n't at first but since people have said I 've looked at some pictures and seen some sort of resemblence … |
| 11 | Secondly Table 6.1 shows that community service costs increased markedly between first and second assessment ( as one would expect , given that referral to the psychogeriatric service , even without the operation of the Home Support Project , is usually the signal for an assessment of home care needs ) . |