Example sentences of "[adv prt] the first [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ran down the first alleyway he came to , across the next street , over gardens and waste ground , and finally slowed to a stop , listening to the still night . |
| 2 | ‘ I mean , to have a German plane shot down the first time we went up . ’ |
| 3 | When Razor went down the first time I was shouting and jumping up and down , ’ she said . |
| 4 | Mowed down the first time she left her new baby son |
| 5 | He turned down the first street he came to , turned left , right , left again , he walked down a hill , along an alley , through a deserted square , but still he could n't find one anywhere . |
| 6 | Breeze snatched up the first thing she could find — her own mackintosh , which she had been wearing earlier in the day — and with one swift movement covered that smouldering sleeve with the thick material . |
| 7 | Her aim was simple ; to head up the coast under cover of the bushes and seek out the first help she could . |
| 8 | Without wishing to rule out the first option I should like to consider the second , to examine the possibilities of indirect leverage over investment decisions . |