Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she forced the Volvo into first , the engine screaming as she drove fifteen or twenty yards down the road . |
| 2 | Both the CDU and the SPD sought to give themselves a mass membership , a national organisation and wide popular appeal , though the CDU at first proved far better at fulfilling the last aim . |
| 3 | And I 'm , I 'm faxing erm I 'm sorry , I 'm not gon na fax it , I 'm just going to send a letter to national office about The Savoy in First Leisure . |
| 4 | This was an initiative sponsored by the SDLP at first intended to bring together politicians from both catholic — nationalist and protestant — loyalist groups to discuss the future of the island as a whole . |
| 5 | The RUC at first believed they had died in the fire , but it started a murder investigation three days later . |