Example sentences of "not [verb] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , some things simply do not work first time out . |
| 2 | ( If the proverb is not understood first time , the PP writes down the key word and then repeats the whole proverb up-to-time . ) |
| 3 | Lisa Spence was unfortunate not to get first prize in the Juvenile Drum Majors section , but happily secured second place . |
| 4 | weakness : midfield/up front — Nilsen is a defender and Ingebrigtsen is not playing first team futba for City — he has been rented out to norwegian club rosenborg this summer and is now back in city , trying to get a first team place . |
| 5 | Mr Hennessy says the council will not allow First Leisure to change the use of the stadium . |
| 6 | Junior naval officers were nominally ratings , for a midshipman was a warrant officer in contrast to the army equivalents , the ensign of foot or cornet of cavalry , who enjoyed commissioned rank , but it was for that reason that the Admiralty did not monopolise first appointments in the fleet , only interesting themselves in appointments at the rank of lieutenant or above . |