Example sentences of "you [verb] [pron] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my time you even had to survive Hansen 's unofficial scrutiny before you made it to the first team . |
| 2 | to , to erm to try and remember what it was like when you read it for the first time . |
| 3 | When you meet someone for the first time , that person can |
| 4 | Because here 's the weird thing about these relationships with women : you get everything on the first date . |
| 5 | There is a North Region branch of the British Agency for Adoption and Fostering in your area , and I suggest you contact them in the first instance . |
| 6 | One returns to a half-dug hole as to a part-written love-letter , wondering why you started it in the first place and doubting whether it will ever be completed . |
| 7 | You lost them in the first place . |
| 8 | Well you were obviously , well you prescribed it in the first place |
| 9 | I just wonder why you gave it in the first place . ’ |
| 10 | Well you answered it in the first , in the first answer that they got jobs they were employed er the , the rural labourers were able to , to get employment in urban areas er where wages were slightly above those wages that they could reasonably expect in agriculture and because they were actually productive making goods and services they helped the development process . |
| 11 | ‘ And , if you thought I might be , why did you hire me in the first place ? ’ |
| 12 | Okay so now suppose you have Florence as the first noun in T three and herself no do it the other way round , suppose you had herself as the first noun and T three Florence okay then you 'd find Florence does C command herself but it should n't |
| 13 | ‘ As you follow him through the first forest , ’ he said , ‘ Remember this , if you can … keep asking yourself the question : why did he fail to return . |
| 14 | Jekub can be a bit scary when you see him for the first time . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Can you imagine me as the First Lady ? ’ she asked a friend in 1962 . |
| 16 | I 'd like you to tell me about the first time you were really aware of these symptoms , then the worst episode you can remember , and then the last … . |