Example sentences of "down first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll get my head down first , you stand by the gun and give me a shout in two hours ’ time . |
| 2 | The sledges came down first and were loaded with tents , dog food and our kit . |
| 3 | I am six-foot four , and , in order to sink a pint , I had to sit down first . |
| 4 | She was usually down first in the kitchen , happy to see to the kettle and the eggs and toast in readiness for Dorothy , who was still rather slow in her movements since breaking a hip . |
| 5 | Given that consistent pattern , it is hard to resist the idea that there is some basic mechanism that lays down first one element , then two , and then three , and so on . |
| 6 | ‘ Th'best go down first and catch his legs when I 've helped him on to the ladder , ’ Jess told Hawkins . |
| 7 | Down First , left along G , right into Central . |
| 8 | Press the arm down first and release it as you pick the note . |
| 9 | You may decide to see the entire list written down first and then to have the questions asked at random . |
| 10 | Whoever sits down first gets the remote-control . |
| 11 | Do not be too keen to give praise in this instance , but allow the dog to settle down first for a few moments . |
| 12 | Kurecolor Marker Inks are not much disturbed by subsequent overlaying and it does not make any real difference whether line or broad colour is put down first . |
| 13 | It 's too much , if you ever have too much you can just fold a bit down , if you have a big bandage you can fold either of those edges down first if you 've got too much and then you fold it forward and back , now your pin sticks in , but all the material and out of all the material and it goes in a straight upward direction , again it must go in that direction so that if per chance it comes undone it falls out and drops on the floor , whereas if it was sideways or downwards it would open and stick in your casualty , so that 's why we have it done that way . |
| 14 | And the next , pick the ends up , I put the right one down first and the left one across it and then put that one through and then that 's a reef knot no that 's a granny over there anyone not sure ? |
| 15 | Despite this , Nozick 's account can be used to show that you do know that you are currently sitting reading a philosophy book ( please sit down first ) . |
| 16 | ‘ I originally got them down first to 100 , then to 80 , but finance dictated that I select a smaller number . |
| 17 | The machinery clanked up and over and up and over again , gulping down first him , then the shorts-to-be , then me . |
| 18 | All the doors were thrown open and the uniformed man climbed down first , offering Donna his hand as she stepped onto the platform . |
| 19 | In ( c ) French blue was put down first and again pale viridian on top . |
| 20 | But if you write them all down first of all starting with C. |
| 21 | Flight weak , laboured and pattering take-off from water and legs trailing down first , later straight out behind . |
| 22 | You 'd put that down first . |
| 23 | ‘ I will go down first , then . ’ |
| 24 | Opposition parties had threatened to boycott elections unless Biya 's ruling Cameroon People 's Democratic Movement ( RDPC ) stood down first . |
| 25 | ‘ What if they pull the balloons down first ? ’ |
| 26 | Er , but I mean clearly the , the debt and the guarantees are paid down first and so for the reason we are high up in the pecking order , because we provided the er , the loans and the guarantees . |
| 27 | Quite so it 's about feeling you 're going to make a fool of yourself , I mean what 's the feeling when you come in and you sit down first thing in the morning you look all round at the other eleven people |
| 28 | ( Do n't forget to move HIMEM down first ) . |
| 29 | We shut down first Friday something |
| 30 | Well tha no that was n't padded that was for do n't quite know what they wanted to do with that erm but there was erm a face that was built up with three different sizes of felt , small , next size , next size up , not not much bigger each time , then you had a piece of calico a little bit bigger , you did a running thread all round the outside and pulled it so that it , lapped over the felt which you had stitched down first . |