Example sentences of "took [adv] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the day appointed , the aircraft took off with the first stick , all of whom landed successfully . |
| 2 | Liam McNamara ( a North Shore surfer riding a Willis Phazer ) took off on the first , followed by Tony Moniz ( another local ) on the second and Carroll on the third . |
| 3 | I took off at the first light and made the rendezvous as planned and found the fighters had just become airborne . |
| 4 | It was on the rebound from Higginbotham that she took up with the first boy that she came near to liking . |
| 5 | One company director — then unconverted — whom I took there for the first time one Tuesday had this reaction : ‘ All my life I have been longing without knowing it to hear preaching like this . ’ |