Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If none wins outright on first preferences , the bottom name drops out , and his backers ' second preferences go to their recipients ; then , if need be , the next-bottom drops out ; and so on , till somebody gets over 50% . |
| 2 | Unix System Laboratories , whose SVR4.2 nQue licensed as its Unix system , reportedly has right of first refusal as an OEM channel . |
| 3 | He wondered what he would do if he could n't get into the house … well , he supposed he could go back to Joseph 's place , spend the night there and then hurry home at first light , when the servants would be up . |
| 4 | Can win here in first venture in selling company . |
| 5 | In chartered helicopters they hovered over the empty stretch of road between Fenny Stratford and Buckingham to photograph the bare tarmac and the last few barriers and police cars parked there at first light . |
| 6 | Cassie woke just after first light to hear the drone of their engines fading in the direction of the sea . |
| 7 | Peterborough have been looking increasingly like first division fodder but today it was Birmingham who were left scrabbling around for crumbs and there were n't too many of them . |
| 8 | Tait , son of an ex-Wor-kington Town star , was thrust immediately into first team action , scoring a try in the Premiership Final victory over St. Helens when he came on as substitute in only his third game . |
| 9 | The turn of fortune lifted Glentoran , and they nearly scored again in first half injury time when Candlish unleashed a sizzling drive but this time Keenan responded with a terrific save . |
| 10 | Occasionally , when pulling away in first gear , the engine in my 1971 Series III will die unless the clutch is depressed quickly . |
| 11 | It would not have been difficult to fill this page with a glowing report based entirely on first impressions . |
| 12 | Their top class operation was recognised recently with first place in northern region 's quarterly audit checks . |
| 13 | It would be easy to be intimidated here on first acquaintance , for this part of the crag is less friendly than the rest . |
| 14 | Do n't just listen and then go away without first checking that your interpretation of what the person has said is accurate . |
| 15 | The Administration of Justice Act 1969 introduced the leap-frog appeal so that cases could go straight from first instance to the House of Lords when the Court of Appeal would be bound by precedent , thereby saving considerable costs . |
| 16 | The M & S managers have long known and practised all this instinctively on their home ground : but that 's what happens when businesses move away from first principles . |
| 17 | Well , we come off duty , we go on duty tonight at half past ten , and we come off at half past ten on Friday night , and we actually leave Didcot fire station at half five Saturday morning to get there for first light so we can make most use of the light , daylight hours . |
| 18 | Now there 's a title which says what it is , but booksellers should beware of Longman 's Think Ahead to First certificate where the sequel ( Think First Certificate ) was published first . |
| 19 | It does so by first pulling in its tongue and closing its jaws . |
| 20 | Trent knew that Louis ' men , if they were able , would strike soon after first light . |
| 21 | Woe betide anyone who moved that bar forward without first indenting on stores . |