Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a case of first come , first served . |
| 2 | All three players could fetch the required £2m , so it could be a case of first come , first served , with Barton the favourite to go . |
| 3 | He declared that , in this situation , it was a case of first things first . |
| 4 | ‘ I know a bit about first aid , ’ she protested weakly . |
| 5 | He tends to pick on new people a bit at first to bring them into line . |
| 6 | Woe betide anyone who breaks a branch without first asking permission of the lunantishee , for they will torment the offender , prodding him unmercifully with their bony white fingers . |
| 7 | The proposals were to be put to a referendum after first being considered by the National Assembly . |
| 8 | Especially if you are never willing to make a decision without first seeing and perhaps trialling the product . ’ |
| 9 | A struggle at first , it later brought victories over Yorkshire and Northants , with performances by S.G. Smith ( later of Northants ) , who did the double in all matches , Lebrun Constantine , father of Learie , and George Challenor , with Percy Goodman and A.E . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ It was a struggle at first , because when we took over , we discovered that most of the team had left , so we had to find players quickly . |
| 11 | ‘ But there are powerful arguments for custody , not as a sentence of first resort but certainly as one weapon in the ‘ armoury ’ . |
| 12 | is it a kind of first come , first served sort of |
| 13 | The recreation hall is another building used by various organisations , renovated over the years from a building of First World War days ; it also houses a twice weekly library . |
| 14 | So , unless there is some once only event going on — such as little green men arriving from outer space — restrain your enthusiasm and take a look round first , especially if the location is completely new to you . |
| 15 | It was quite a responsibility at first , but if I was worried about anything there was a Head Gardener called Arthur Godfrey here at Killerton that I could turn to . |
| 16 | That makes the investment look like little more than a punt on First Fidelity 's shares — a profitable punt , perhaps , but a punt nonetheless . |
| 17 | They analysed nearly 1700 items from a dictionary of first names , looking at the differences between male and female names . |
| 18 | It was a full passenger load ; the tourist class was full and Kevin Ryan had just managed to secure a seat in first class . |
| 19 | Further transfers from Rainey ( Un ) and Agnew ( UPNI ) in Stages VIII and IX ensured the election of two candidates from VUPP , a party which had only .7 of a quota of first preference votes at Stage I. |
| 20 | DUP thus secured a seat after having only .7 of a quota of first preference votes . |
| 21 | For Albie , apparently , dealing was just a sideline at first . |
| 22 | The East Ridge , first climbed in 1938 by Don Bryant and Lud Mahan , is thought to be affected , and the East Face route description is no longer entirely valid either — what with if falling off — which is a disappointment for first ascensionists Peter Farrell , Don Cowie , Vic Walsh and Lyn Crawford who climbed it in 1961 . |
| 23 | A witness without first hand knowledge of the events … can not be challenged in cross-examination in this way and so such evidence … is generally excluded . ’ |
| 24 | The idea of dropping into the wing office for a gossip on first name terms would be beyond belief . |
| 25 | The achievements are especially gratifying for a sector at first regarded as British Rail 's provincial Cinderella , obscure and ill-equipped . |
| 26 | Just a chuckle at first , but then it grew , and the images in the scope jostled with the shaking of his shoulder . |
| 27 | In any case , you were a child at first with no say in the matter and later , chérie , you were programmed to run . ’ |
| 28 | It 's simply a question of first come first served , so if you 're coming by yourself I should stake your claim now . |
| 29 | On March 19th Banco de Santander , Spain 's brightest bank , bought a stake in First Fidelity , a bank with $28 billion of assets and 550 branches in New Jersey and Pennsylvania . |
| 30 | This was despite the inclusion above the line of the £15.9 million profit on the sale of a stake in First Leisure Corporation and a £13.3 million write-down of the investment in BSkyB . |