Example sentences of "there first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Doran had moved his wife 's cake to the first position , and Mr Clancy had moved it back to the middle , saying the first cake tasted had the best chance , and his wife 's cake would be first as it had got there first . |
| 2 | I was going to call my new film ‘ In Bed With UB40 ’ but Madonna got there first . |
| 3 | At one level , he got there first . |
| 4 | The British officer got there first , but knew there was a secret agreement for the French to control Lebanon . |
| 5 | Constables know that all radio messages are taped and that the time they take to arrive at calls is recorded , which is often unnecessary , given the competition to beat other stations and colleagues by getting there first , although stories were told to us of instances where people were transferred for failing to respond to a call . |
| 6 | ‘ When I got home I called the NRA freephone pollution number and I was told it was too dark and cold for anyone to go down and somebody would be there first thing in the morning . |
| 7 | For Hardenberger — the brilliant young Swedish trumpeter for whom the Birtwistle and the Blake Watkins pieces were written and who would have commissioned the Maxwell Davies if John Wallace had n't go there first — it is an exciting project . |
| 8 | Silly buggers , it 's jobs they want there first . |
| 9 | Did you know that in London — because they had them there first , of course , some years ago — in London , the — well , beatniks really , are n't they ? |
| 10 | Squirrels had been there first . |
| 11 | He 'd been there first , waiting , and I 'd walked up to the carefully prominent bait and presented him with a perfect target , a broad back in a scarlet sweater , an absolute cinch . |
| 12 | They had slightly the better of the first half but a poor pass to Sleightholme lost one chance and then Sleightholme could not touch down a useful kick by Maynard , Stabler getting there first . |
| 13 | I move to sit by Darren Parker , but Simon Singh gets there first and most of the other seats are taken by now . |
| 14 | The consequence of having a front end is that stimuli tend to make their impact there first . |
| 15 | Thieves are n't stupid — they will look there first . |
| 16 | Mick was there first and climbed onto the tailboard to pull out for the rogue two of Paddy 's cans ( a fact which Paddy was slow to forget ) . |
| 17 | As I sat there first at EDC [ Economic Development Committee ] and then at Home Affairs , I reflected on the way that Cabinet Committees as well as the Cabinet itself are becoming part of the dignified element of the English constitution . |
| 18 | ‘ Good job you got there first . |
| 19 | Go there first thing to see the engines prepared for the daily shift , or watch restoration from our Viewing Gallery . |
| 20 | Most consternation was reserved for the prospect that the Japanese will probably get there first . |
| 21 | ‘ When we were putting together our demos , ’ says singer Mike , ‘ we heard ‘ The Only One I Know ’ by The Charlatans and I was really pissed off because I thought it was exactly what we were trying to do … and they 'd got there first . ’ |
| 22 | The colonel got there first . |
| 23 | US saves Somalia but TV is there first |
| 24 | In a provocatively titled photo portrait from 1970 , the pair attempted to pre-empt any future criticism of their work by ‘ getting there first ’ . |
| 25 | The first thing , he decided , was to check out Riverstown in case she had been there first . |
| 26 | It also seems we got there first . ’ |
| 27 | Not unnaturally Chantal got there first . |
| 28 | Mrs Fields said , ‘ As by some miracle the A.R.R. Unit is empty , I 'll take you there first . ’ |
| 29 | They did not wait for the masses to come to them , they followed the masses and sometimes they were even there first . |
| 30 | BUT LINK GETS THERE FIRST IN US |