Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [prep] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The XJ-Two Twenty , which costs almost half a million pounds was being test driven by a motoring journalist , when he accidentally changed down to first gear instead of third while travelling at NINETY miles an hour.It 'll need about twenty thousand pounds to mend the broken car … the driver 's wounded pride may take a little more work . |
| 2 | Cassie woke just after first light to hear the drone of their engines fading in the direction of the sea . |
| 3 | The turn of fortune lifted Glentoran , and they nearly scored again in first half injury time when Candlish unleashed a sizzling drive but this time Keenan responded with a terrific save . |
| 4 | ‘ Would you like me to see if there 's a doctor on the train ? ’ the conductor asked as he walked back through First Class with her . |
| 5 | Rogers and Lambert took off at first light to see what was happening . |
| 6 | When , in March , she realised her period was overdue , Liza did not at first worry . |
| 7 | The more successful the shops became , the more the branch managers reported back on those lines which sold well , thereby wielding a power which Laura did not at first wish to accept . |
| 8 | INTEL P5 MICROPROCESSOR PUT BACK TO FIRST QUARTER 1993 |
| 9 | A man she did n't at first recognise . |