be first
Example Sentences
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Some fans have resorted to camping outside overnight to be first in line to buy.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
The waste currently cooled in water pools at an interim storage site, at the nearby Olkiluoto power plant next to the Baltic Sea, will be first to be deposited, Bordarier said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
Other than John Swinney, there is really only one leader who has consistently put their name forward to be first minister - Labour's Anas Sarwar.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
College coaches told me that summer they couldn’t wait to be first in line to recruit him.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
I’m near the back of the carriage, but if I’m to lose the agent, I must be first off the train.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
