Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | unc If whole numbers are involved , then subtract them first . |
| 2 | That was what upset me last week . |
| 3 | ‘ We want them first of all to be authoritative — and there 's no greater authority than the RHS . |
| 4 | When you practice dialogues listen to your language helper say them first . |
| 5 | As a climax , you could arrange for some of the room lights to be switched off one by one before the tree-lights are switched on for the first time ( test them first ! ) . |
| 6 | But kiss me first . ’ |
| 7 | Schedule I First Mortgage Debentures |
| 8 | Friends say she first became concerned about Charles 's ‘ special friendship ’ with Camilla before their marriage 11 years ago . |
| 9 | " And I want you first tell me why you took the gibbon to the palace when you knew it was wrong . |
| 10 | The term Commonwealth referred , of course , originally to a white Commonwealth , in which sense we first find it employed by Lord Rosebery in 1884 . |
| 11 | It would n't warrant , you know , send it second class weight . |
| 12 | Not if you send it second class . |
| 13 | Then it 's deadline time they say , Oh well forget it next time you 're around . |
| 14 | read the lists down and across yourself without hearing the language helper say it first . |
| 15 | First I kicked the chair legs when serving , then I must not use scenty hairdressing , do n't say good morning unless they say it first . |
| 16 | When practising an utterance have the language helper say it last , so that it is the correct version you hear last . |
| 17 | The elder in charge of the herd would ask the boy to trace back in his memory and explain at what time and place he last saw the missing sheep or goat . |
| 18 | So she goes , I want it first thing tomorrow morning , and I mean like this is talking like , we 're talking major here ! |
| 19 | And remember you have to get down again , so test it first . |
| 20 | It is easiest to extricate rabbits from the nets if you kill them first . |
| 21 | I put them first in one pocket , then moved them to all my other pockets , except two which I kept secret . |
| 22 | David was a family man and , whatever he did and wherever he went , he always put them first . |
| 23 | I put them first and then I |
| 24 | So the best thing is to put the piece of paper in in a wadge and then come out on the outside and pack it vertically and put them next to each other like that . |
| 25 | God was saying in so many words : ‘ Because he trusted in me and put me first I will honour him . |
| 26 | If we are not yet ready for such a grave ceremony , sooner or later we will be ; and if anyone thinks it macabre or mawkish , let them first read Derek Humphry 's moving account in his book Jean 's Way of how , when his wife had entered the terminal stage of bone cancer , he and she sat together over coffee and she took the pill which , with her full approval , he had obtained and kept safe for the occasion , and how she died peacefully in his arms . |
| 27 | She 's a very conceited woman , Pete the adulterous told me she was a very conceited woman and er Neil says I I I 'd have to talk to him to him about this , she could n't discuss anything with him she would lay down the law , that was how it had to be and I said no I said Gerry and I , I had no hesitation , as I said , in putting the boot in and Brenda and Dave take the same the attitude to children that you let them first of all when they 're small , you have to tell them no like you do not |
| 28 | Let me first explain Charles Howard . |
| 29 | Let me first introduce you to my text : 2 Corinthians 6.2 . |
| 30 | Let me first ask your forbearance . |