Example sentences of "first [adv prt] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | On the upward curve over the first down the lorry was forced to a crawl . |
| 2 | She wanted to do that with him , yes , actually that ; she thought about it on and on and waited all week for the moment that might or might not come on Sunday morning in church when , as her cousins went first down the aisle , Tristram glanced in her direction and their eyes met and she was able to send a thought message which said to him , yes , I have n't forgotten . |
| 3 | I find it quite hard going being the first up every morning and then the last to bed after walk and doing the washing up machine and so on . |
| 4 | This is the start of the walkers ' way to the Falls of Glomach , first up a forest road to cross a ridge and then gradually declining to the top of the waterfall . |
| 5 | Vice-Admiral Hawkins was the first up the gangway . |
| 6 | Yesterday , or was it the day before yesterday , or when was it , he had gone first up the ladder on to Lord Jim , but Nenna had gone first into the cabin . |