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

First Team in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: team
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 17
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 28.9 words

Words in this phrase

first team

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
  • team can mean: A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage. Very common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 7 start, 10 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

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

19 isl first team squad are 1× 9th the first team jordan owned 1× all america first team 1× all america first team and the 1× all conference first team all class 1× all county first team select also 1× all defense first team selection for 1× all state first team and coaches 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a coin toss 1× after a difficult 1× after being named 1× as a senior 1× defender hendry antonay 1× dodson who has 1×

Common sentence endings:

2019 20 season 1× academic all american 1× all city team 1× all tournament team 1× america first team 1× by ethan matzke 1×

Context words

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

named 7× senior 4× conference 4× wcc 4× year 4× defender 3× joined 3× last 3× america 3× american 3× season 3× 2018 2×

Related phrases

tag team first floor first lady first round basketball team first inning soccer team first leg first innings first phase

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around team:

football team 11×

Just before it in the phrase index:

first sunday first strike first stage first solo first sight first session

Just after it in the phrase index:

first trailer first trick first trip first try first two first visit

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

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

Same ending:

tag team basketball team soccer team hockey team baseball team rescue team

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "first team" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 28.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 19 isl first team squad are, 9th the first team jordan owned, named, senior and conference stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with tag team, first floor, first lady and football team, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with first team

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

Short example sentences

The All-State first team and coaches’ All-County first team select also had nine assists. (16 words)

The first team drawn from this bowl will play its first match at home, against the second team drawn. (19 words)

After being named to the All-CAA Second team last year, Berkeley was named to First Team this season. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

Nationally, Gonzales ranked second among freshmen in points per game and was named the 2018-19 WCC Newcomer of the Year, and selected for the WCC All-Freshman Team, WCC Women’s basketball first team and WCC Championship All-Tournament team. (41 words)

His Texas A&M counterpart Tony Franklin was named the AP’s 1978 All-SWC first team as a kicker (Erxleben was the AP’s All-SWC first team punter), and to the All-America second team of the UPI. (40 words)

A coin toss is held to determine which team will take possession first; the first team scrimmages the ball at the opponent's 35-yard line and advances through a series of downs until it scores or loses possession. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

Defender Hendry Antonay (U-18 & B team) and midfielder Zonunmawia (B team), who were also part of the 2018-19 ISL first team squad, are joined by defender Reamsochung Aimol (B team) and forward Bawlte Rohmingthanga (B team).

As both a junior and senior Hollenbeck was named first team all-conference, first team All-Class C1 state tournament and second team Lincoln Journal Star all-city team.

The team lies between the Washington Wizards (9th), the first team Jordan owned and the last team he played for, and the Chicago Bulls (11th), the team that Jordan led to six NBA Championships in the '90s.

His Texas A&M counterpart Tony Franklin was named the AP’s 1978 All-SWC first team as a kicker (Erxleben was the AP’s All-SWC first team punter), and to the All-America second team of the UPI.

Haskell picked up his first career all-conference nod as a member of the first team, while Carr and Marion-Holmes logged their first all-conference accolades as well as members of the third team.

As a senior, Besler became the first player in program history to be named a First Team All-American and a First Team Academic All-American.

He coached Limestone’s first team in 1997 and quickly developed the program into a national contender with numerous All-Americans and several Deep South District Team and North-South Senior All-Star Team members.

Nationally, Gonzales ranked second among freshmen in points per game and was named the 2018-19 WCC Newcomer of the Year, and selected for the WCC All-Freshman Team, WCC Women’s basketball first team and WCC Championship All-Tournament team.

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Dodson, who has notched 10 goals this year and a team-high eight assists, joined Montes as a third team All-American, while senior defender Dylan Nealis made the first team.

The Rams were the first team I was going to bring up in our game of Good Team/Bad Team.

Each team plays an opponent in a best-of-seven series, with the first team to win four games advancing into the next round, while the other team is eliminated from the playoffs.

The All-State first team and coaches’ All-County first team select also had nine assists.

The first team drawn from this bowl will play its first match at home, against the second team drawn.

He also was selected to the Associated Press Preseason All-America First Team and The Sporting News Preseason All-America First Team.

He was an All-NBA (second team)All-Defense (first team) selection for the first time since the 2019-20 season.

The Huttenpark hockey First Team beat NRS a whopping 7-0, while the Huttenpark rugby First Team beat NRS 19-12.

Folz was named to the All-Southeast Conference First Team for the second time and was joined on the First Team by Ethan Matzke.

A coin toss is held to determine which team will take possession first; the first team scrimmages the ball at the opponent's 35-yard line and advances through a series of downs until it scores or loses possession.

After a difficult season last year, the first team will be playing in Division Three of the North Wales Cricket League, with the second team plying their trade in Division Four.

After being named to the All-CAA Second team last year, Berkeley was named to First Team this season.

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