Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [prep] [pos pn] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The young toad 's growth rate depends , as does that of most amphibians , on the supply of food , but typically a toadlet will leave its pond when 8–9mm long , and will measure 40mm or so on its first birthday . |
| 2 | In some traditional communities , even as late as the early 1930s , unmarried girls were married off within a month or so after their first menstruation ; until then , they were kept hidden inside their homes . |
| 3 | I flew as co-pilot , we had a veteran pilot who would be Aeroplane Commander , the rest of the crew was green or also on their first mission . |
| 4 | They thought it over and only after their first choice , Eli Wallach , announced he would be doing a Broadway play instead of making the film , did they give the part to Sinatra . |
| 5 | Throughout her reign , and particularly in its first decade or so , noble factions and the struggles between them did much to restrict her freedom of action : in 1772–73 the conflict at court between the rival Panin and Orlov parties for a time deprived her almost completely of any such freedom . |
| 6 | She set her alarm clock to go off at hourly intervals throughout the night , but even before its first summons she was disturbed . |
| 7 | But this alone does not account for the remarkable frequency of the in the extract ( fifty-one instances , ( 42 ) , because even on their first mention , features of the scene are generally introduced by the . |