Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we do n't warm up first we can easily pull a muscle or tear a ligament , just as the elasticity in a rubber band is greater if it is warm than if it is cold . |
| 2 | The fish made several deep dives and I began to wonder who would give up first , me or the cod . |
| 3 | If you decided to employ a cleaner , you 'd probably clean up first before they arrived . |
| 4 | Nowadays , would they ring up first — that sort of thing ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Let's look round first , ’ I protested . |
| 6 | How competent are people in their keys tasks , they 're the ones we should vote on first off . |
| 7 | Soon my knees will bleed , if my hand does not drop off first . ’ |
| 8 | You just do n't score off first phase possession . |
| 9 | She was too tired now to walk over the moor but she would set off first thing in the morning . |
| 10 | I 'll wash up first . |
| 11 | According to , depute clerk of session and secretary to the working party , ‘ there are perceptions that the process is slow but senior law officers have received no particular complaints so it will set out first to test these perceptions by asking if this is in fact the case . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Maybe he 'll peg out first , ’ John says . |
| 13 | Lieutenant Stapleton asked the General , who was his uncle , if he might ride over first , and the General obligingly agreed . |
| 14 | well perhaps she 'll get round , I 'd better tidy up first then in case |
| 15 | Who shall she invite round first ? |
| 16 | They can go on first sort of warm up band and that 'll put everybody else in context . |
| 17 | Of course the top material 's got ta go on first Joan has n't it ? |
| 18 | ‘ I will go down first , then . ’ |
| 19 | They 'll just go down first every day . |
| 20 | When we get back to the house , Marie gives me the key to the door and I unlock it and let her go in first . |
| 21 | If surprise was achieved then Murata 's bombers would go in first followed by Fuchida 's aircraft , if they were detected then Takahashi 's dive bombers would open the attack . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll go in first , ’ he said casually . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll go in first and then pull you up . ’ |
| 24 | Let me go in first . ’ |
| 25 | The castle group would go over first , dismount and take up their preliminary positions . |
| 26 | Oh no , you ca you got ta go round first Ga . |
| 27 | And th and then they let all their friends get on first |
| 28 | A Win bet means that the horse you select must come in first place and the amount that you win will depend on the odds . |
| 29 | I 'm gon na come in first thing Monday thought cos I 've got ta pick some things up right . |
| 30 | ‘ Shall I come over first thing in the morning and give you a hand ? |