Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [adj] [noun sg] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | She ascended the stairs and entered her own room first , but there was no one there . |
| 2 | In the late 1640s and early 1650s , they lent their military support first to Charles and then to his son , the future Charles II , on condition that once the throne had been regained a Presbyterian church would be imposed upon the English . |
| 3 | Alice held her flamingo 's body under her arm , but the flamingo turned its long neck first this way and then that way . |
| 4 | In the end he achieved his last object first . |
| 5 | With difficulty she rolled his dead weight first to one side and then the other to search his pockets . |
| 6 | Some supervisors invariably put their own name first in joint publications with their research students , whereas others adopt the opposite style . |
| 7 | Some supervisors invariably put their own name first in joint publications with their research students , whereas others adopt the opposite style . |