Example sentences of "took [pers pn] first to " in BNC.
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| 1 | My wanderings took me first to Beyrout , which I found much too crowded and hilarious . |
| 2 | However , their fortunes were soon to enter on that switchback which took them first to a golden age , and then through impoverishment to extinction as they became first the beneficiaries of factory-produced yarn , and then the victims of their own expansion in numbers and , ultimately , of the power loom . |
| 3 | In July 1815 Hodgskin embarked on a walking tour which took him first to Paris and later to Germany , where he made a detailed study of the political and economic institutions of Hanover . |
| 4 | His search for Tess took him first to Flintcomb-Ash , where he discovered she had never used her married name . |
| 5 | But I took him first to Connor 's Quay to join a sh erm ship there . |