Example sentences of "n't [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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1 | I would have to wait until Mum and Dad went out to the pub so we could n't make it to the first . |
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 | ‘ If they 're sensible they do and their daughters will know what it 's all about and wo n't throw themselves at the first lad who looks at them . |
4 | They get bored easily , so if you ca n't excite them in the first 30 seconds of your record , you are probably in the wrong business . |
5 | 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 ’ . |
6 | Like if I interviewed Johnny Thunders , it was n't to meet him for the first time , it was to try to save his career . ’ |
7 | Do n't overdo it in the first few days . |
8 | I 'd been hurt — the man I thought loved me had not only jilted me and stolen my money , but admitted that he had n't wanted me in the first place . |
9 | I 'm damned if I know why I did n't tell you in the first place , back when all this started happening . |
10 | I have n't asked her since the first time . |
11 | They would n't serve us at the first few joints we tried , which was n't surprising , because we came through the door yelling our head off , or trying to , in this faulty new voice of ours . |
12 | I 'm not complaining about it , but I say I did n't raise it for the first time |
13 | he 's saying he did n't say it in the first place . |