1.   And when the game went into extra innings, he turned first to Russell and, finally, to Brandenburg, the eventual loser.

2.   Bruno turned first to the Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission office in Austin.

3.   Companies with excess supplies of industrial commodities, or firms in desperate need of a few thousand extra computers, are turning first to the Internet auctioneers.

4.   I turn first to the support for the proposition that there is a constitutionally protected right to loiter. . . .

5.   One might suppose that the easiest way for a land animal to become a whale would be to turn first into a hippopotamus.

6.   To do that, Deutsche Bank turned first to London.

7.   Turning first to the national economy, I must say that I am very pleased with the cyclical performance of the U.S. economy.

8.   Whether perched on-line or on a bar stool, people desperately seeking conversation often turn first to the subject of their own amateur status.

9.   Yet, if we are to look for positive signals for the future, we would be inclined to turn first to the education of the young.

10.   The question, says political commentator Akiva Eldar of the daily Haaretz newspaper, is whether Barak will turn first to Likud or Shas to join his government.