Example sentences of "not be [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | We agreed to have him for a fortnight but when the time came he refused to go , and would be with us yet if it had not been for the First World War and your father having to go … |
| 2 | Had it not been for the First World War I might have been sent to school in England , separated indefinitely from my parents , as was the fate of so many English children whose fathers served in India or elsewhere in the East . |
| 3 | Taking the early batches of eggs or fry away may interfere with the parents ' ability to raise later batches , so I leave a few batches with a new pair until they get the knack , which may not be at the first attempt . |
| 4 | They should not be in the first rank of share prices to be marked down , but would nevertheless be most unlikely to buck the market trend . |
| 5 | We may not be in the First Eleven , but we are a pretty strong team , Hazlitt , Charles Lamb , Beerbohm , Chesterton and Haverford Downs . |