Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | Staff wishing to avail themselves of this flexitime arrangement should discuss it in the first instance with their line manager . |
| 5 | No definition is spot on really , you can always find difficulties with it but they do sort of discuss it in the first paragraph . |
| 6 | They may feel New York for the first time because its fast-dealing busyness is something the screen does n't catch and may smell it for the first time if they come in high summer but one of the great first sights of the world is gone for ever . |
| 7 | Why do it now , why did n't she do it in the first place . |
| 8 | This data set , coupled with extensive satellite observations , will give us for the first time a essentially a snapshot view of the behaviour of the ocean . |
| 9 | now lets hear three cheers for Gloucester rugby club … on Saturday they won at London Irish in the league … a victory that could help keep them in the first division |
| 10 | If a Region would like a special overseas visitor not catered for in the Grid system , they can contact me in the first place . |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | The word processor is a very powerful tool for the transfer of thought from brain to paper ; probably most IT teachers would use it as the first introduction to practical computing , at least with literate students . |
| 13 | I should have realized that Clive would dump me at the first opportunity , that he had in fact been looking for an excuse to do so . |
| 14 | Not until he was five years old did Endill meet him for the first time . |
| 15 | Finn 's Hotel will enable us for the first time to approach the encyclopedic Finnegans Wake with a true and not misleading knowledge of its origins and of the prototypes of its protagonists . |
| 16 | Erm y'know even if it takes them quite a while to fill out y'know go through all eighty items y'know which could be erm y'know kind of , well depending how quickly they work y'know , sort of half an hour or something but if you if you get some er er a sort of type-written draft run off um I du n no , next Tuesday 's quite a quite a short deadline but maybe the Tuesday after that er we can try them on the first years if you like ? |
| 17 | Why , one wonders , did they fire him in the first place ? |
| 18 | We 'll have it as the first course this evening . ’ |
| 19 | What they 're saying in effect is that they 're not going to entrust their latest toy to their closest ally because we 'd flog it to the first Russian we came across . ’ |
| 20 | Well , I can tell you something ; I 'm on my own in this house from now on and I shall see to her bathing , and should he attempt to stop me , I 've told him what I 'll do ; I 'll brain him with the first thing I get my hands on . |
| 21 | Your article should reach me by the first Friday of the month . |
| 22 | They might be , predictably , so unpopular that Parliament would not pass them in the first place . |
| 23 | So it er could pay you in the first year of business to incur any capital that you could afford , because you can either get it against your first year 's profits , or by not using the capital allowances , it 's available for subsequent years ' profit . |
| 24 | I 'm damned if I know why I did n't tell you in the first place , back when all this started happening . |
| 25 | We got him to come and fix it before the first session . |
| 26 | I was the one who mucked up his texts worse than any of the others , that 's what made him notice me in the first place . ’ |
| 27 | Well , that 's always supposing you can get him in the first place , because the number of people who have actually seen him , you can count on one hand . ’ |
| 28 | Well , er , it 's all according to whether they can afford it in the first instance , secondly , is it gon na be across the board ? |
| 29 | I 'm not complaining about it , but I say I did n't raise it for the first time |
| 30 | He would instruct them in the first instance to threaten to seize the man 's belongings to the value of the money owed . |