Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] [pron] first " in BNC.

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1 He would have been at the Crystal Palace too , willing me on to my first AAA Championship title , revelling in the rivalry , matching the best of the youngsters from Haringey .
2 A dream I had not so long ago took me back to my first year in Vienna .
3 But something , some sharper , unaccustomed sound , brought me out of my first deep sleep into listening wakefulness .
4 Anyway , James Brown — who ‘ poached ’ me from Sounds to procure information on ‘ rock ’ music , an alien genre to NME staff flourishing on a staple diet of Ecstasy and Ribena in the halcyon daze of ‘ indie dance ’ in 1990 — ordered me out on my first ‘ job ’ to interview Page Three ‘ model ’ Maria Whittaker , whose debut single had stormed the UK Charts at Number 138 … with Kevin Cummins …
5 Lauda and Ferrari were supreme in 1975 and Lauda 's five wins , including three in succession , were enough to take him on to his first world title , a title he would surely have retained had it not been for his accident at the Nurburgring .
6 He seemed to know so much about fighting that I was very surprised when I knocked him down with my first hit , and then again with my second .
7 Jack persuaded Ducrocq to take him up for his first real flight , from that moment Jack knew that speed on the ground was no longer enough .
8 When you take him out for his first walk on the lead , it is always nicer if an older dog accompanies you .
9 The converted midfield player marked his 25th birthday with the 51st-minute opener and Robert Lee rubbed it in with his first League goal for Newcastle six minutes later after Peacock 's penalty had been beaten out by Perry Suckling .
10 Robert Lee rubbed it in with his first League goal for Newcastle six minutes later after Peacock 's penalty had been beaten out by Perry Suckling .
11 If only because he did n't have it to give — he 'd sent it off with his first letter .
12 Pat had agreed and Anne and John spent a blissful leave fitting it up as their first home .
13 Perhaps this was all a conspiracy between them … they were trying it out on her first .
14 Try it out on yourself first !
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