Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [verb] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think we should have said at the first the very first lesson , they just ploughed straight into did n't they ? |
| 2 | I should have complained about the first case , but I was inexperienced then . |
| 3 | Since then I have done something I should have done in the first place : found a gap in the rushes only ten yards downstream where I can heave into the fish without pulling them into more weed . |
| 4 | So I did what I should have done in the first place , I put the wire hangers and small weights on the edges . |
| 5 | ‘ Probably what I should have done in the first place . |
| 6 | The view of the American Museum of Natural History , led by the late Don Rosen , is that the dipnois should have evolved into the first tetrapods , or four-legged land-based animals . |
| 7 | He should have known from the first that the chasm which lay between them would not be so easy to cross . |
| 8 | But crisis — particularly one which puts the USSR 's world position at risk — is something that the West should wish to avoid in the first place . |
| 9 | Trainee consultants need to appreciate that the procedure of informing an interested school of the different structures that have been found to work well in different settings , and of inviting the school to decide which they might wish to develop in the first instance , is in itself an important part of preparing a supportive climate . |
| 10 | ‘ We 'll have to jump from the first floor , ’ said Cardiff . |
| 11 | ‘ Once she was a hit , we could have sat on the first contract and made more money from her . |
| 12 | And I think originally it may have run in the first year both at easter and at August . |
| 13 | Information which places guilt for the patient 's illness on the family might only serve to reinforce their overprotective and critical communication styles , which may have arisen in the first place for just this reason . |
| 14 | Ideally , take another flight straight away so that you can master any difficulties you may have experienced on the first flight . |
| 15 | Astronomical evidence suggests that this may have occurred in the first half of the year 5 BC . |
| 16 | I still did n't realise what the trouble might be , although I dare say the germ of cancer may have nestled for the first time in my mind . |
| 17 | I understand that you are holding the PAL masters for both parts , which we would like to use for the first run of this title , to get a better quality duplication . |
| 18 | A woman who has recovered from a stroke or head injury may decide she would like to work for the first time , as part of the challenge of overcoming her illness . |
| 19 | In the early days the novelty must have outweighed the discomfort , or no one would have travelled in the first charabancs . |
| 20 | Which you would have done in the first place , Lowell thought , if you had n't been so sure that Rose was here . |
| 21 | ‘ Maybe if you 'd accepted my offer of an air ticket to all the other Grands Prix I would have come in the first six there , too . ’ |
| 22 | It does not immediately cure all known cancers — something that no one with a modicum of medical knowledge would have expected in the first place given the different causes and the versatility of cancer — nor is it without undesirable side effects . |
| 23 | And she would have to smile at the first question and say , ‘ Oh , no , no , of course lot . |
| 24 | Without John I doubt is any of us would have got past the first post . |
| 25 | Without John I doubt if any of us would have got past the first post . |
| 26 | 2 Answer the questions that the journalist will need to ask in the first paragraph of the release and develop the various points in order of importance . |
| 27 | Yeah but then yo er in a party situation you could probably do that in the first minutes could n't you , I would have thought everybody in th room will have spoken in the first five minutes would n't they ? |
| 28 | Some will try to bloom during the first year , others will not ; it is better not to let them . |
| 29 | It anticipated that business failures of established companies will continue to rise into the first quarter of 192 and did not expect to see a significant fall in the level of failures for up to 18 months . |