"He wanted to be the first"
"the first of the month"
"they got an early start" "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"
"the first house on the right" "the first day of spring" "his first political race" "her first baby" "the first time" "the first meetings of the new party" "the first phase of his training"
"the magazine's inaugural issue" "the initiative phase in the negotiations" "an initiatory step toward a treaty" "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress" "the liner's maiden voyage"
"the beginning canto of the poem" "the first verse"
"was first in her class" "the foremost figure among marine artists" "the top graduate"
"first soprano" "the first violin section" "played first horn"
"first we must consider the garter snake"
"when Felix first saw a garter snake"
"I was here first" "let's do this job first"
"he put his best foot foremost"
