1.   Horacio shifts into first gear and the bus begins to struggle up the hillside.

2.   Nick struggled to engage first gear.

3.   She engaged the clutch and put the car into first gear.

4.   Then I found first gear and stomped on the accelerator.

5.   She found first gear and was about to let the clutch out when suddenly he was at the door beside her.

6.   Yeah, for you, you go in first gear.

7.   But because the filmmakers are so doggedly determined to keep the story low-key and cheerless, it never gets out of first gear.

8.   Denver police in riot gear first sprayed fans hanging over the mouth of the tunnel, then tossed a couple of canisters of tear gas into the stands.

9.   Fresh signs emerged today that the U.S. economy is stuck in first gear, growing at the slowest of speeds.

10.   Give the car back its first gear so it has some guts coming off the line at a stoplight.