Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun sg] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gary could remember with utter clarity the first time that some other kids had called him a Spade . |
| 2 | In keeping with recent tradition the first contest in the nomination process was in Iowa , where both the Republican Party and the Democrats held caucuses on Feb. 10 . |
| 3 | In Egyptian mythology the first ruler had been the god Re , the creator , who brought with him in the person of his daughter , Maat , the concepts of truth , justice and the order of nature and society . |
| 4 | From point-blank range the first bullet hit him in the stomach , doubling him up as it punched a hole just to the left of his navel , ploughing through intestines before lodging close to his spine . |
| 5 | In Middle English the first four letters of the original word ( wifmen ) would have looked very similar . |