Example sentences of "off [prep] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe she 'd win the pools or walk off with first prize in the national lottery ! |
| 2 | 5 B m : : L because society ( do n't want them in it ) B because , because them start / it off in first place dey know it 's wrong ( . ) |
| 3 | It was decided that unless they got word of a change in direction from the scouts the Regent had sent to follow the enemy 's route , the Scots host , now numbering some thirteen thousand , would set off at first light , south-westwards , on a converging course . |
| 4 | ‘ You are to set off at first light tomorrow . |
| 5 | Rogers and Lambert took off at first light to see what was happening . |
| 6 | Now Hereford 's cup run was finished off by first division Nottingham Forest … they lost two nil but have boosted the bank balance with over twenty four thousand packing into the City Ground yesterday |
| 7 | There 's a letter I really ought to get written tonight — I had n't realised it was quite so late , and I can get it off by first post if I do it now . ’ |