Sentence examples for first got a foothold from inspiring English sources
Except on Mindanao, the part of the Philippines where Islām first got a foothold, no larger political grouping emerged.
The jihadis who melted away as French forces moved into northern Mali first got a foothold there by joining a separatist rebellion of the nomadic Tuareg people.
The third movement got a foothold in the 1960's but emerged full force in the 70's with aerobic exercising, anti-smoking crusades and a resurgence of religious fundmentalism, Dr. Engs writes.
The TMO has all the time in the world to make his decision and I never get involved in what is decided". "We were slow out the blocks, after that first 20 minutes we got a foothold in the game.
Five minutes into the second period, the visitors got a foothold in the match through a well-worked set-piece play.
Michael Dobson missed his second touchline conversion and the Giants finally got a foothold in the game as Clint Newton dropped the ensuing kick-off.
After making only three unforced errors in the first, the mistakes began to creep in and Azarenka finally got a foothold in her opponent's service games.
After years of saving he recently got a foothold on the property ladder.
When we made the substitutions [in the second half] we got a foothold again," added Jackett.
It wasn't until we changed it around that we got a foothold in the game.
