Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [pron] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Plan can not cover you during the first 24 months for any existing medical condition you may be suffering from or have received treatment for in the two years prior taking out the Plan . |
| 2 | Who knows what the exact situation will be and what problems will arise as those changes are forced upon the Scottish people who did not want them in the first place ? |
| 3 | Certainly Jenny did not see him for the first few evenings she was at Moorlake . |
| 4 | They might be , predictably , so unpopular that Parliament would not pass them in the first place . |
| 5 | Its fragrance is real , and penetrating : but it does not release itself at the first casual opening of the pages . |
| 6 | The Church no doubt helped to speed up the decline of slavery ; it did not cause it in the first place . |
| 7 | I would have to wait until Mum and Dad went out to the pub so we could n't make it to the first . |
| 8 | David does n't want them in the first place and he wo n't argue , I 've discussed it with Robin he wo n't argue , erm Richard who 's the only one that could really be regarded as a loser dare n't argue 'cos it 's his report that recommends we they come back to us , and John wo n't understand the item so I think we 're alright there . |
| 9 | ‘ If they 're sensible they do and their daughters will know what it 's all about and wo n't throw themselves at the first lad who looks at them . |
| 10 | They get bored easily , so if you ca n't excite them in the first 30 seconds of your record , you are probably in the wrong business . |
| 11 | We all like ‘ to do right ’ by our horses and this often involves the over-feeding of supplements , either because the horse does n't need them in the first place or because we tend to think ‘ a little bit extra will do him even more good ’ . |
| 12 | Do n't overdo it in the first few days . |
| 13 | I 'm damned if I know why I did n't tell you in the first place , back when all this started happening . |
| 14 | They would n't serve us at the first few joints we tried , which was n't surprising , because we came through the door yelling our head off , or trying to , in this faulty new voice of ours . |
| 15 | I 'm not complaining about it , but I say I did n't raise it for the first time |
| 16 | he 's saying he did n't say it in the first place . |
| 17 | The turnover may have to be greatly reduced in this situation until the young fish are large enough to withstand the water flow , so why employ it in the first place ? |
| 18 | The same kind of accident used to be common with gliders , and the pilots could never remember anything after the first bounce . |
| 19 | If you say , as sometimes judges in Court cases do , sometimes child abusers do , oh she led me on , she was eager and willing , oh she erm , well judges do n't actually say it in the first person , do they , usually ? |