Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Correct positioning of water jets will ensure that the utensils are thoroughly cleaned first time round , thus removing the tiresome need to put pots through a second time . |
| 2 | Of the 102 symbols , 79 were correctly guessed first time and only 8 symbols required more than 5 guesses . |
| 3 | ( If the proverb is not understood first time , the PP writes down the key word and then repeats the whole proverb up-to-time . ) |
| 4 | weakness : midfield/up front — Nilsen is a defender and Ingebrigtsen is not playing first team futba for City — he has been rented out to norwegian club rosenborg this summer and is now back in city , trying to get a first team place . |
| 5 | After a long rebuild by Pino Valenti and a dedicated team of former Aeronavali technicians , Fiat G.59B I-SHOW is now nearing first flight in Venice . |
| 6 | By 1911 , when Italy 's newly launched first Dreadnought battleship was significantly named the Dante Alighieri , it claimed 50,000 members ; but although it enjoyed considerable official support it had little influence on government policy . |
| 7 | The foreign intelligence operations were now to be conducted by a new and as yet unnamed state agency separate from the KGB ( although Primakov was also named first deputy chair of the KGB ) , and would concentrate on national security and on monitoring the international drugs trade and terrorism . |
| 8 | As I was n't watching first time round . |
| 9 | By common consent he was then allowed first choice in the Exhibition , and had soon made his annual purchase of two drawings , and returned to his normal rosy self . |