Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] first [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had to ford these hazards , Travis going first to pick out the best route . |
| 2 | Both ‘ The Daleks ’ and ‘ The Sensorites ’ featured very elaborate backdrops , all of which Cusick had first to draft out as large , highly detailed colour illustrations long before the day when the Scenic Artist would come in to paint them up . |
| 3 | Behind her the two seats were empty , a troublous reminder of where Eddie and Laura had sat side by side when the coach had first set off from Heathrow Airport … had first arrived at the eastern outskirts of Oxford . |
| 4 | A ‘ veteran ’ fifty year old man had first run up and down Burnsall Fell in the junior race forty years ago . |
| 5 | He had not read the Tower Commission 's report , evidently ; did not know that McFarlane had pleaded guilty to misdemeanours ; did not know the substance of the charges against Poindexter ; had not altered in any particular the mythology created when the edifice had first crashed down , in November 1986 . |