Example sentences of "his [noun] [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he moved slowly at first his mouth sought first her breasts and then her lips , his breathing ragged as the pulsating , rhythmic movement quickened , echoing the rising heat in her blood , both of them caught up in a swirling vortex of emotions . |
| 2 | Poco hated needles and his screams drove first his owner , and then her husband , out of the room . |
| 3 | Blufton respired deeply , his eyes glued first to the superintendent 's face and then Dexter 's . |
| 4 | Now safely married , does he need to overstate his determination to come first , constantly afraid that if he gives an inch , he will inevitably lose a mile ? |
| 5 | One said that devotions helped to keep things in perspective and one asked whether Christ and his commission came first ? ! |
| 6 | His father had first been replaced by an elder brother , then by one teacher , then another dominating man … his younger sisters were his nieces , his older sisters more like aunts , the brothers like uncles , the cousins like brothers , the real aunts like mothers … he had many alternative worlds . |
| 7 | He was determined to win where Fisher had failed and his members came first . |
| 8 | It was his turn to play first . |
| 9 | Owned by the Armleder family since 1875 , the hotel was where his grandfather had first come when he escaped from Russia . |
| 10 | The sequence of modern physiotherapy treatment normally follows a pattern : the patient has to recover his ability to balance first and foremost ; then he has to recover his ability to transfer his weight from side to side ; standing balance is the next stage , accompanied by the ability to sit down from standing up , and to stand up from sitting ; selective movements using the affected arm and leg come next ; then he learns to make steps , followed by walking ; function in the upper limb ( arm ) and controlling it in order to make selective movements against gravity happens at a late stage ; the final rehabilitation task is to regain functional , detailed movements in the affected hand and foot . |
| 11 | Sir Kenneth Younger and his colleagues had first to consider what was meant by privacy . |