Example sentences of "be [prep] the [noun] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If Ally McCoist , Ian Durrant and Paul McStay had been born bambinos instead of bairns , they would all now be in the Italian first division and commanding the same prices . |
| 2 | Benin was there , though , always preferring to be in the car first . |
| 3 | We ’ ve a Central South girl to follow she 's Lynn Gibson from Oxford who 's off the blocks first in our action round-up |
| 4 | I worked at Butlin 's in the kitchens first . |
| 5 | Having worked and been around the Brighton first schools for many years , I would very much hope that the transition is not traumatic . |
| 6 | Having worked and been around the Brighton first schools for many years , I would very much hope that the transition is not traumatic . |
| 7 | I would like to add here that after the PM 's announcement and the start of the siren wailing there was a dignified stroll to the shelters , but as the tempo of the siren note seemed to get more urgent the pace quickened and no one wanted to start a sprint but I , being a scrum-half , anticipated this and was in the shelter first . |
| 8 | God 's call was to the Jew first . |
| 9 | He was a dredgerman yes , see he was on the river first then he went on the dredger and course that 's before my time and that was during the First World War he was on he was at Ramsgate . |
| 10 | There was as much in the loft as there was on the whole first floor . |