Example sentences of "to [verb] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ardiles is also close to persuading first choice ‘ keeper , Stuart Naylor , to sign a new contract after he initially rejected a one year deal . |
| 2 | I took this to be a dream of fear of exposure due to approaching First Night , but Amy looked it up in her Dictionary of Dreams under ‘ defecate ’ ( sorry about that ) and she said it meant a huge windfall ( that too ) . |
| 3 | John Byrne says … he 's looking forward to playing first team football again and has still got a lot of goals left in him |
| 4 | Most of the houses sell for around 60,000 pounds … and keen pricing seems to be the key to attracting first time buyers : |
| 5 | Returning to Falmouth Street in his new acquisition — and already encountering some resistance to engaging first gear — Harry listed in his mind the excellent reasons for buying a car . |