Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the whole point about Expo is that its influence should long outlive next year 's extravaganza . |
| 2 | ‘ Remember , your career must always come first . ’ |
| 3 | The bird must always come first , he would tell us over and over again . |
| 4 | He added : ‘ There is important work to be done and America must always come first so we will get behind the new president and wish him well . ’ |
| 5 | They write of the purpose behind the Nottinghamshire teams as involving the explicit premise that casework and service coordination at the level of individual clients should logically take second place to the creation of more adequate service infrastructure — at least in the first instance ( Wistow and Wray , p 16 ) Developmental teams of the Notts kind , then , might be expected to place priority on establishing a range of new services , " accommodation services , adult placement schemes , family support services , play schemes , parent groups and Further Education courses " ( Wray and Wistow , op cit ) . |
| 6 | But Miss Watson was determined that Agnes should now come first . |
| 7 | If a field officer who has taken a risk and opted to negotiate should subsequently have second thoughts , he may find his evidence has disappeared . |
| 8 | We must therefore consider first how to determine the symmetry of a vibration , and secondly what the consequences of these symmetry selection rules may be . |
| 9 | His sacred music of the period bears witness to the new restrictions imposed by the archbishop , who felt that music in the context of a church service should definitely take second place to devotion . |
| 10 | and then Steve says well I 'll just make last orders , see you later Paul . |
| 11 | I 'll just nip next door to the booking office and check the Old Guard — ease springs and inspect their rifles like . |
| 12 | You play to win or you 'll always come second . |
| 13 | You 'll always come first in my heart , that I promise … ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Well , that 's as may be ; but no matter what line my career takes , you 'll always come first . |
| 15 | ( You might also try last year 's ‘ She who weeps ’ [ JMT ] ; the beautiful song New African Blues certainly received a deal of wholly warranted airplay from London jazz station Jazz FM and many people have asked me where it came from . |
| 16 | ‘ I … ’ she began , and was suddenly afraid that this new-discovered , not-to-be-relied-upon inner person might yet weaken last night 's resolution that , should he offer to sightsee with her today , she would tell him what he could do with his offer . |
| 17 | He 'll bloody come next week . |
| 18 | She 'd rather die first ! |
| 19 | ‘ I 'd rather starve first than work for a man like that ! ’ |
| 20 | Lawler was anchor man for his K1 semi final and Andy Train could only manage 7th in C1 . |
| 21 | The 3–1 favourite Zarani Sidi Anna could only manage seventh place , Walter Swinburn reporting : ‘ I was in trouble at halfway . |
| 22 | Brazilian formula one driver Ayrton Senna was third , with £14.5 million , while Mansell 's Williams team mate Ricardo Patrese could only manage 16th place on a modest £5 million . |
| 23 | Rahal , regarded as Mansell 's main rival this weekend , could only manage eighth place in qualifying because of problems with steering and road holding . |
| 24 | Sent to Santa Anita in California for the Breeders ' Cup Turf a month later , he could only manage fourth behind Manila , Theatrical and Estrapade . |
| 25 | He could only manage fourth at the Osterreichring but gained maximum points at Zandvoort two weeks later . |
| 26 | LINFORD CHRISTIE , Britain 's athlete of the year , could only finish sixth in the international poll to find the world 's top track and field stars of 1992 , won by American hurdler Kevin Young . |
| 27 | Barnsley 's John Mayock , who had been fancied possibly to go one better in Toronto than his silver in last year 's European Indoor Championships , ran out of steam as the pace hotted up in the 3,000m final , and could only finish sixth , in 7:54.41 , some four seconds behind Italian winner , Gennaro Di Napoli . |
| 28 | He said you could always tell first thing what sort of mood Sir Emmanuel was in . |
| 29 | They could also miss next Sunday 's visit of third division leaders Ryedale-York to Naughton Park in their Regal Trophy first round tie . |
| 30 | Curran formed a useful partnership with centre-back Lee Hirst and with Adrian Meyer expected to be out through injury until Christmas , Curran could well start next season in the first team fray . |