Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [to-vb] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Because it would be good for some of us to see the first moments of your great fame . ’ |
| 2 | He takes the understandable view that it is for him to take the first steps in Russia , which he is doing to keep the scientists in Russia . |
| 3 | She wanted desperately to reach out to him , but she knew that she had to wait for him to make the first move . |
| 4 | Hotspur hung back from him , and let him gather himself , waited , indeed , for him to make the first assay , and put it by when it was made with the utmost care and forbearance . |
| 5 | It is up to them to make the first move . ’ |
| 6 | NOW THAT the Second World of formerly communist countries is falling over itself to join the First World , the name ‘ Third World ’ suits the rest of the planet less well than ever . |
| 7 | If he was at all interested it was up to him to make the first move . |