Example sentences of "to [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | So long as the frost does n't get to them first . |
| 2 | If we can identify the likely areas , we shall be able to take our photographs to them first . ’ |
| 3 | He probably knows and can recommend the specialists concerned , but insist that you talk to them first and that any reports are addressed to you ( though copied to the solicitor ) . |
| 4 | Keep an emery board handy in case of nail snags , so your teeth do not get to them first ! |
| 5 | Tell the others with you that they must bow and not speak unless he speaks to them first . ’ |
| 6 | It 's always brought to them first thing in the morning . |
| 7 | I , I 'll speak to them first and I 'll , I 'll er when , when , when you come back with some details I , I 'll let you know then . |
| 8 | I think I 'll talk to them first and if they 're agreeable then I 'll , I 'll , then I 'll pass them . |
| 9 | I think I 'd talk to them first and if they 're agreeable then I 'd give you their name and telephone number but I 'd have to speak to them first but I would n't just give out the name and telephone number on an ad hoc basis . |
| 10 | I think I 'd talk to them first and if they 're agreeable then I 'd give you their name and telephone number but I 'd have to speak to them first but I would n't just give out the name and telephone number on an ad hoc basis . |
| 11 | I think we ought to go and talk to them first and exp you know , put our side forward and if they do n't want to play then , then you have a solicitor . |
| 12 | even though they might be part and parcel of the same organization , they are not the leaseholders so they ca n't make the arrangements , so if they want to make the arrangement they must have the lease assigned to them first , then we will come to terms with them over land and to under le under let . |
| 13 | No , it just said them you will offer it to them , no you 've to offer it to them first because they 've got a waiting list of people wanting |
| 14 | ‘ You came to me first ? ’ |
| 15 | It read , simply : ‘ REPORT TO ME FIRST THING — HAYMAN . ’ |
| 16 | But then the lady came back on again — you know , the one who spoke to me first — and she said ‘ Thank you very much , ’ and she told me they were going to send me a prize of — wait for it — 5 . |
| 17 | ‘ And do you promise that if you need a shoulder to cry on , you 'll come to me first ? ’ |
| 18 | And er then I left them in forty six and went back to me first love , and er it was a little self contained union . |
| 19 | It occurred to me first that she was playing some dangerous role — as in her old undercover days — perhaps trying to gain some sort of information or advantage . |
| 20 | ‘ Then you should have come to me first . |
| 21 | ‘ Let's say that he should have come to me first , ’ George said in a heavy , measured tone , ‘ and let me sort the whole thing out . |
| 22 | ‘ Because he regarded you as a rival , both on the tracks and off , and by claiming paternity he was claiming he 'd made love to me first , before you , and so was claiming the superior position . ’ |
| 23 | So , he said , well if you 'd have er spoken to me first |
| 24 | So it seems to me first of all that we should maintain a state of military preparedness , not because the Soviet Union is likely to attack us , but , simply because it represents this huge area of instability on our Eastern Frontiers , but I think also we should be more positive , I do n't think we want to do secret deals in C I A style , er , in fact I think we want the maximum of open diplomacy . |
| 25 | Thiercelin , to whom first impressions were important , sensed that beneath the gushing stream of words she was not altogether at ease . |
| 26 | For another two and a half years I survived the mosquitoes and grew to love the people and was just looking forward to my first home leave when a letter from the Superior General appointed me to Vocations Director in the South of England ! |
| 27 | Even today I still look forward to my first glimpse of it , after a huge bend in the road , through the gate in its enclosing wall . |
| 28 | ‘ I was just going on 14 and I went to my first gig the Stray Cats . |
| 29 | I first knew it unmistakably when Herr Sussmeyer replied to my first letter , saying he had this quest for pubic hairs because he loved and respected women so much . |
| 30 | It must relate to my first sight of my mother 's genitals — but not the last — for we lived in just one room . |