Example sentences of "[prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout the three month test I did n't have any trouble with my feet apart from a few blisters after first wearing them . |
| 2 | We 've got no sighting of her after first thing Saturday morning . ’ |
| 3 | Some of the many ways in which dolphins make signal gestures to humans are leaping at significant moments , deliberately splashing people on boats after first making close eye contact , vocalising or whistling through the blowhole after people have made communicative calls or whistles , defaecation and touching . |
| 4 | The big chemical companies did just that ( after first rashly diversifying ) in the 1980s by shifting emphasis from commodity chemicals to pharmaceuticals and biotechnology . |
| 5 | These latter writers were trying to re-enter the lost world of childhood after first discarding the traditional concept of the afterlife . |
| 6 | According to Freud , this happens after a period of ‘ anaesthesia ’ , in fact , often not until after first coitus . |
| 7 | It 's that at the age of 34 , fourteen years after first shambling on stage in downtown Chicago , having criss-crossed the stand-up circuit from coast to coast and guested on very hip chat show from David Letterman to Arsenio Hall , he should be bigger than he is . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought we agreed no more after first 500 unless get all captives , ’ read Alton Keel 's notes , quoting Weinberger at the end of the day . |
| 9 | Trent knew that Louis ' men , if they were able , would strike soon after first light . |
| 10 | Soon after first light , either Caspar 's or Louis ' men would come for the President . |
| 11 | Small and irregular items can be covered with cling film after first spraying with silicon water repellent from an aerosol can . |
| 12 | After first working my times on my Bühlmann decompression work sheet , I found that the Aladin Pro complemented the SAA tables when diving defensively , though I must stress , I used the instrument as a backup to assist the previously worked out dive profiles . |
| 13 | With a sexual history spanning more than twenty years and including fifty or sixty different partners , he regarded VD as something that happened to other people , and was somewhat surprised to develop a mild urethral discharge five weeks after first sleeping with his new girl-friend , Angela , who was younger than him and relatively sexually inexperienced . |
| 14 | Only weeks after first use , the glasses I am drinking from are etched into cloudy streaks . |
| 15 | The son of one of the Sheriffs of Glasgow , he lost his hearing at an early age and after first attending an ordinary day school , became one of the private pupils of the Headmaster of the Glasgow Institution . |
| 16 | This is made all the easier after first experiencing the hover at the ‘ edge ’ . |
| 17 | I did not hear any calls warning of the presence of the 109s , and very soon after first sighting the Ju88s I became aware that my aircraft was being hit . |
| 18 | I could n't believe he had asked me minutes after first meeting him . |
| 19 | Joined Elland Road side after first training with Sheffield Wednesday . |
| 20 | Remove the float after first checking its exact position on the float arm . |
| 21 | Dad-to-be dies after first pill |
| 22 | Lewis plans to take a long break — in Britain — after first heading to Las Vegas to commentate for Sky TV on the November 13 title battle between reigning champion Evander Holyfield and Riddick Bowe that will decide his opponent next April . |
| 23 | Nigel 's comment after first viewing the interior was , ‘ Well , it 's a trifle Hollywood baronial but I like it . ’ |
| 24 | In future , initial teaching must reflect the opinion that education in nursing , as in all professions , must continue after first qualification and opportunities are needed to make this a reality . |
| 25 | From a cupboard , she took a large , brown , straw hat and a dark grey coat ; and after first pinning the hat on to her hair she shrugged herself into the coat . |
| 26 | 65 per cent of female college students continued a story which begins , ‘ After first term finals , Anne finds herself at the top of her medical school class ’ , by expressing conflicts about success , anticipating its present or future negative consequences , denying the student 's effort or ability , ignoring the cue , or showing other ‘ bizarre or inappropriate responses ’ ( 1972 : 161 , 162 ) . |
| 27 | In case Lord Milton missed the importance of making this change , Campbell took the trouble of repeating the request three days after first suggesting it , which was clearly long before the judge could have hoped to arrange such an alteration . |
| 28 | Nineteen ( 31 per cent ) of these interviewees ( four females and 15 males ) used heroin for a second time less than one week after first use . |
| 29 | For almost 20 per cent of the sample , daily use came less than one week after first use . |
| 30 | With electronic aids to navigation proliferating on small boats of all kinds and technology advancing on all fronts it is hardly surprising that a revised second edition of this volume has been required only three years after first publication . |