How To Use First gear In A Sentence
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This culminates in a hairpin taken in first gear with the steering wheel virtually at full lock.
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The cop said: 'I was in first gear and the engine was only ticking over.
The Sun
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All he did was touch the clutch while going downhill, instead of keeping his feet well clear of the pedals and allowing the vehicle to trundle down in low-ratio first gear.
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To get first gear you had to go into second gear first and then shove it forwards hard.
Times, Sunday Times
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He shifted to the first gear and the jeep rolled off the side and onto the freeway.
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She engaged the clutch and put the car into first gear.
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Maria shoved the Mercedes into first gear and squealed forward.
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The truck, in first gear again, was heading through a forest of small thin jack pine.
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On 11, you have to brake hard and downshift all the way to first gear - it's a hairpin, right-hand turn.
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When you put your foot down hard, the gearbox computer realises you want maximum acceleration and changes to first gear.
Times, Sunday Times
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She put the car into first gear and drove off.
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Horacio shifts into first gear and the bus begins to struggle up the hillside.
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In first gear the rear Michelin breaks traction immediately.
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With first gear engaged, and the second gearstick that controls the transfer box set to Low, the car noses down the sheer slope with amazing assurance.
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Put it into first gear and let the clutch out slowly.
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The country famous for being neutral is seeing its football team struggle to get into first gear at the moment.
The Sun
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She did not mention to the car hire firm that she only drove automatics, and then drove the 250 kilometres in first gear all the way.
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Engage first gear and move off.
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When I encountered tractors on west Cork's twisty lanes, it was often necessary to shift down into first gear to get started again.
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Their line and length was immaculate and after 16 overs Park were still in first gear on 28 for one.
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I aimed for the ramp in first gear and tried to gauge the angle of tilt.
Times, Sunday Times
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I ram in the clutch, come to almost a dead stop, and slip the stick up to first gear.
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She engaged first gear and pulled off.
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Engage first gear and move off.
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A driver crashed into the front of his home yesterday after mistaking first gear for reverse.
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To get first gear you had to go into second gear first and then shove it forwards hard.
Times, Sunday Times
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Trent rode in first gear, headlight tunnelling into the forest gloom through which the rain bucketed.
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I've been noticing lately that my car starts kind of hesitating when I'm driving along in first gear (my car's an automatic Ford Escort).
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Without the soul in first gear with the Boss, brakes are difficult to apply and take longer to become operative.
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He flipped the switch to on, shifted into first gear, and hit the gas.
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The supercar needs a push-start by a truck - until first gear is engaged at 50mph.
The Sun
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Engage first gear and move off.
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The main difference is that the automatic will cycle back to first gear when you stop, unlike the manual, which, of course, means you do it yourself.
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Obviously you'd expect wheelspin in first gear in a car such as this.
Times, Sunday Times
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She turned the key, the engine letting off a bit of a rumble, than she shifted the car from park to first gear, and turned it back around.
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I aimed for the ramp in first gear and tried to gauge the angle of tilt.
Times, Sunday Times
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Indeed, even if you drove an old Mini everywhere in first gear with the choke full out and the handbrake on, you barely saw the inside of a petrol station from one year to the next.
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The tight right-hander of nine is taken at 75 km/h in first gear, with your speed increasing ever so slightly to 90 km/h in second for the left hander of ten.
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To get first gear you had to go into second gear first and then shove it forwards hard.
Times, Sunday Times
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The car stuttered along in first gear.
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She engaged first gear and pulled off.
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Put it into first gear and let the clutch out slowly.
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The first gear engages with the second.
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She engaged first gear and pulled off.
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Particularly in developing nations, where even dial-up Internet access is spotty and download speeds are stuck in first gear, plain-old telephone service is often the better way to go.
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All he did was touch the clutch while going downhill, instead of keeping his feet well clear of the pedals and allowing the vehicle to trundle down in low-ratio first gear.
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The truck, in first gear again, was heading through a forest of small thin jack pine.
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The four-speed gearbox had a very low first gear, allowing a farmer to putter along at walking pace behind stock.
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In most applications first gear low box is low enough.
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Coming up with a peppermint, she gathered the object between two fingers, and brought the stick back into first gear again.
