English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "First" in Example Sentences
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2961574	The Wright brothers built their first plane together, but Orville was the one who flew it.	meerkat
285606	I could understand the first few sentences, but the rest of his speech was all Greek to me.	papabear
2775333	Tom and Mary didn't like each other at first. However, they eventually became good friends.	CK
3221430	At first, I thought it was a stupid idea, but I eventually realized what a good idea it was.	CK
1155909	First I'll look at the prices, and only then I'll decide whether I'll buy the camera or not.	marcelostockle
243991	The first question we must raise is whether a cultural barrier existed between those groups.	CM
327566	This time I stayed for the first time in a private villa, and it was really quite something.	CM
954606	When I got out of jail, the first thing I wanted to do was to eat at my favorite restaurant.	CK
269966	When people meet, first impressions determine more than 50 percent of whatever happens next.	CM
55154	These figures indicate three in five college first-year students are indifferent to politics.	CM
2775332	Even though Tom and Mary didn't like each other at first, they eventually became good friends.	CK
3044175	Tom and Mary had a romantic dinner to celebrate the first anniversary of their being together.	patgfisher
1311601	When you meet someone for the first time, be careful about how close you stand to that person.	CK
1852457	It's customary for waiters and waitresses to introduce themselves using only their first names.	CK
552253	"Dang Me" wasn't the first song Roger Miller had written, but it was his first huge hit record.	American
68117	Don't worry. He may look intimidating at first glance, but he's actually a very friendly person.	Eldad
71768	To get technical information from that company, we first have to sign a non-disclosure agreement.	CM
2534579	I'm not stupid enough to climb a mountain in the winter without first making adequate preparations.	CK
38950	The argument presented in Doyle's study was first published as a white paper on drug-related crimes.	CM
1557017	I'd like to hold a staff meeting first thing tomorrow afternoon, so could you reserve the conference room?	brymck
2271282	It's a lot of trouble to write my name, because it takes 50 strokes to write both my first and last names.	Nero
954580	What surprised me most when I first entered college was how few of my classmates knew how to study efficiently.	CK
684586	Four of my favorite Christmas carols are "Silent Night," "Joy to the World," "The First Noel" and "Away in the Manger."	CK
266991	A friend I went with on our first trip abroad had his wallet pickpocketed. I don't think it left a very good impression.	CM
831915	The world's first Ferris wheel was built in Chicago. It was named after its contructor, George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.	CM
552260	In 1964, Roger Miller agreed to record sixteen songs. One of those songs was "Dang Me." It became his first number one selling record.	American
277683	It wasn't my lucky day. First, I got a parking ticket and then things went from bad to worse when I got pulled over for making a U-turn.	CM
552224	Selena Gomez and the Scene also had good luck with their first album, "Kiss and Tell." It has sold more than a million copies around the world.	American
552259	In 1969, Roger Miller recorded a song called "You Don't Want My Love." Today, this song is better known as "In the Summer Time." It's the first song he wrote and sang that became popular.	American
3020394	Tom made the comment so offhandedly that at first it seemed unimportant, but then I saw the tension in his face and his body language and it quickly became clear that it really meant the world to him.	Delian