Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [verb] [pron] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes you can turn what at first seems a mess into a triumph , with a little imagination . |
| 2 | Give us a ring Nottingham three four three four three four we 'll send them by first class post and we 'll put need your postcode . |
| 3 | Now the tickets are four quid each , you can get 'em on the door , but if you 'd like two tickets , phone us on , we 'll send 'em by first class post , we need your postcode , give us a ring now , if you 'd like two tickets for the grand charity dance , modern , old-time and sequence featuring Phil , resident organist at the Tower Ballroom Blackpool . |
| 4 | It was pitch dark in the stable and , even with the burning sticks of jharo we 'd brought from upstairs , we could see nothing at first . |
| 5 | If it is readily intelligible so much the better ; but it is far more important that it should yield its meaning accurately than that it should yield it on first reading , and the Legal draftsman can not afford to give much attention , if any , to euphony or literary elegance … . |
| 6 | If it is readily intelligible , so much the better ; but it is far more important that it should yield its meaning accurately than that it should yield it on first reading , and legal draftsmen can not afford to give much attention , if any , to euphony or literary elegance . |
| 7 | He knew that the platform was there , but in the nightside blackness he could see nothing at first . |
| 8 | William says both his parents were riding enthusiasts and he got put on a horse at the age of three … his mother used to ride for Britian in the sixties and she 's encouraged him to compete … it used to terrify him at first and he never dreamt he 'd be good enough to compete … |
| 9 | He gives me £54 a month and I have to pay all the bills out of that It used to bother me at first , it does n't now . |