Example sentences of "[pron] would have [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't go without the gear , so I 'd have missed the first day . |
| 2 | I could pay , I would have to pay the first eighty somewhat and I would have to pay the first ninety , ninety somewhat on a pair of glasses |
| 3 | I could pay , I would have to pay the first eighty somewhat and I would have to pay the first ninety , ninety somewhat on a pair of glasses |
| 4 | The measure , which would have involved the first overseas deployment of Japanese forces since 1945 , was condemned by the opposition as unconstitutional ( it was argued that Article 9 of Japan 's post-war Constitution prohibited the country 's participation in acts of collective defence ) and by the governments of many of Japan 's neighbours as an undesirable manifestation of nascent Japanese militarism . |
| 5 | He would have become the first show jumper to win more than £1 million in prize money : at present his total earnings are about £50,000 short of that . |
| 6 | He says now that if he 'd known what it would involve he would have taken the first plane out of town , but I was hugely relieved when he agreed . |