Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] [adv] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was said that this was the place where the tide came in first and went out last , but this recession has barely affected us so far ’ , announces Richard Needham , minister of state for Northern Ireland . |
| 2 | The male got up first , and wrapped his lantern jaws around a hunk of meat . |
| 3 | The roof went on first . |
| 4 | Do n't let the body and legs pull the club , but instead try to make the club get there first on the right path and the body be pulled on through into the finish . |
| 5 | Do n't let the body and legs pull the club but instead try to make the club get there first . |
| 6 | The Austrians fell back first on the Gnila-Lipa , and many withdrew to the city of Lemberg 40km/25mls distant . |
| 7 | So was there very often a race up to the town to get there first ? |
| 8 | The Bergens went out first , then the RAOC men , their equipment attached to them . |
| 9 | Once established , procedures must be followed and the job done right first time to the satisfaction of everyone in the quality chain . |
| 10 | The poor shopkeeper was so bemused he actually opened it for her and the pushchair came out first . |
| 11 | The research is aimed at drawing on the history of Soviet economic relations with the LDCs as a basis for monitoring the changes brought about first by ‘ perestroika ’ and then by the disintegration of the USSR ; it will then analyse the effect on the developing countries concerned and evaluate the profit and loss account of their economic relations with the Soviet Union ; it will also look at the relevance of these relations to the Soviet economy and that of the constituent republics ; and finally it will try to look at the future prospects of the relationship between the less developed countries and the individual republics of the former Soviet Union . |
| 12 | Do not be too keen to give praise in this instance , but allow the dog to settle down first for a few moments . |
| 13 | To apply paint over another , for instance detail over a washed background or ‘ filling ’ for an outline , again allow the paint to dry completely first . |
| 14 | Why did n't they wait for the passengers to get off first , instead of squeezing themselves , their sacks of wheat and bicycles on at the same time that others were dragging their possessions off ? |
| 15 | There would then be an evolutionary race among the sexes to run away first , and leave the other ‘ holding the baby ’ . |
| 16 | The colonel got there first . |
| 17 | A man who finds a ready market among the ever-hopeful for his protective devices , was shown with a radiation-checker which would enable families to decide who is the one with the leastest and therefore the candidate to go outside first . |
| 18 | It had been a test , then , she remembered , of a day 's success if the outboard started up first time . |
| 19 | The sledges came down first and were loaded with tents , dog food and our kit . |
| 20 | And when they married , thought the Countess happily , the Bainbridge comforts would still be hers to manipulate , provided the Earl popped off first and , as he was fifteen years older , it was almost certain that he would . |
| 21 | Petion opened his mouth to speak , but the Doctor got there first . |
| 22 | If the world had not first existed in the mind of God , it would not exist at all . |
| 23 | Incredibly , all the horses came in first . |
| 24 | The position was rectified only slowly , the USA taking on first part and then , by the end of 1947 , the whole of the burden . |
| 25 | They needed to be there at daybreak , so the Islander set off first at about 11pm and Spencer took-off at two o'clock in the morning . |