Below you will find example sentences with "first opportunity". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

First Opportunity in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: opportunity
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 6
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 25.3 words

Words in this phrase

first opportunity

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • first can mean: Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest. Very common word
  • opportunity can mean: A chance for advancement, progress or profit. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

at the first opportunity 2× at the first opportunity at north 1× at the first opportunity by the 1× at the first opportunity from any 1× been my first opportunity it s 1× beyond the first opportunity to run 1× brewhouse and first opportunity to buy 1× get their first opportunity 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a good crowd 1× adrian golebieska 22 1× after arriving back 1× and dispatches from 1× and yes this 1× boulder doesn t 1×

Common sentence endings:

the first opportunity 2× actual bodily harm 1× alfie smith eccles 1× any incoming government 1× at a jan 1× configured city council 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

buy 3× get 3× new 3× team 2× two 2× know 2× tribute 2× club 2× good 2× yes 1× meaningful 1× beyond 1×

Related phrases

first floor first lady first round first inning first leg first innings first phase first nations first amendment first sight

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around opportunity:

great opportunity 7×

Just before it in the phrase index:

first novel first ncaa first nations first nation first name first met

Just after it in the phrase index:

first oscar first period first phase first player first playoff first published

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

first floor first lady first round first inning first leg first innings

Same ending:

earliest opportunity great opportunity

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "first opportunity" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 25.3 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as at the first opportunity, at the first opportunity at north, buy, get and new stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with first floor, first lady, first round and great opportunity, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with first opportunity

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

This was his first opportunity, took advantage of that opportunity. (10 words)

Boulder doesn’t know yet, and this is their first opportunity at answers. (13 words)

It’s good for guys to come out here and get their first opportunity. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

But instead of clicking on any of the links that come up first, she scrolls down to a book listing, finds out where to buy it and then takes the first opportunity she gets to go to a town an hour away from where she lives to buy it. (49 words)

It offers Dobson and many of his team-mates a first opportunity to play at Old Trafford but the new club captain did visit the stadium as recently as October to watch lose 1-0 via one of Rashford’s 13 goals this season. (44 words)

A good crowd swelled by a fantastic following from Hucknall saw the first opportunity in the second minute fall to Sherwood’s Craig Westcarr, his shot from Pearce’s delivery saved by ex-Wood goalkeeper Alfie Smith-Eccles. (38 words)

Question examples

And then the first opportunity I get, I lay them out and say, ‘Are you kidding me? (17 words)

Example sentences (20)

And yes, this opportunity is meaningful even beyond the first opportunity to run his own NHL team.

This was his first opportunity, took advantage of that opportunity.

This is the second time both residents and nonresidents had the opportunity to speak and ask questions about the tower; the first opportunity being at a Jan.

Pliskova rode her big first serve to save two break points in the first set and converted on her first opportunity to surge ahead.

Nathan Emerson, the chief executive, added the organisation is keen to see targeted support for first-time buyers at the first opportunity from any incoming government.

And ‘Dispatches From Elsewhere’ has been my first opportunity– it’s the first thing I’ve written since trying to figure out what I wanted to do, you know, with this period of my career.

But instead of clicking on any of the links that come up first, she scrolls down to a book listing, finds out where to buy it and then takes the first opportunity she gets to go to a town an hour away from where she lives to buy it.

First, the vote to approve the so-called “gift” of a poorly conceived dog park should be vacated or rescinded at the first opportunity by the newly-configured city council.

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Adrian Golebieska, 22, of Lorne Street, Wrexham, previously pleaded guilty at the first opportunity at North Cheshire Magistrates Court to assaulting his partner, causing her actual bodily harm.

After arriving back in Gorgie, Webster made sure to pay tribute to the club which gave him his first opportunity in the coaching ranks, while paying special tribute to a fellow former Hearts defender.

A good crowd swelled by a fantastic following from Hucknall saw the first opportunity in the second minute fall to Sherwood’s Craig Westcarr, his shot from Pearce’s delivery saved by ex-Wood goalkeeper Alfie Smith-Eccles.

And then the first opportunity I get, I lay them out and say, ‘Are you kidding me?

Boulder doesn’t know yet, and this is their first opportunity at answers.

For many, it was the first opportunity to be with each other again since the pandemic started in 2020.

He is known for making irrational decisions and carelessly employing the use of violence at the first opportunity.

In their first opportunity to impress the judges, the bakers will be asked to make a vertical layer cake in the signature task.

It offers Dobson and many of his team-mates a first opportunity to play at Old Trafford but the new club captain did visit the stadium as recently as October to watch lose 1-0 via one of Rashford’s 13 goals this season.

It’s good for guys to come out here and get their first opportunity.

It simply remained lurking under the surface, ready to rear its head at the first opportunity.

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