Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] [pos pn] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it looked at one stage as if they might lose their first choice and have to stay in Reigate for another summer when negotiations for the purchase coincided with their long-planned holiday of a lifetime — watching last month 's world cup cricket in Australia . |
| 2 | Frightened and starving , the pitifully thin dog desperately needed help — if only they could catch her first . |
| 3 | Premier John Major hinted they would have their first meeting ‘ in the next few days ’ . |
| 4 | This is the part of the house that visitors stand closest to and from which they will form their first impression . |
| 5 | ‘ Yet , at that age they are still nursed , still sleep in their mother 's arms , are still three years away from puberty , and about four years from when they will conceive their first offspring . ’ |