Example sentences of "[modal v] i [vb infin] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | May I answer first ? |
| 2 | May I add first of all my apologies on behalf of Lynda Chalker that she 's not able , due as we 've heard , to business in the Lords to be with you today . |
| 3 | ‘ Should I go first , in case there 's trouble ? |
| 4 | It usually falls to me to sign the Christmas cards from my husband and myself , so whose name should I put first — his or mine ? |
| 5 | Which fish should I add first ? |
| 6 | Now , who should I try first ? |
| 7 | Should I ask first for all non-humans to leave the room ? |
| 8 | Shall I go first ? |
| 9 | Shall I go first ? |
| 10 | What can I do first ? |
| 11 | Can I say first of all that er I support the general approach which has been adopted by Yorkshire County Council and the the other local authorities in the Greater York area , on the way in which they 've formulated their proposals for the York greenbelt after a fairly long erm and exhausting process , the question to which I want to address my comments first of all is whether the new settlement is an appropriate and justified planning response , and what I would like to do if I may is look at some of the reasons that have been raised erm in objection to the new settlement as a strategy , erm these issues have been raised by Hambledon District , York City Council , the C P R E , Montague Evans , in their written submissions to the examination of the . |
| 12 | Well can I say first of all that the meeting to which you refer will take place this coming Monday and I suspect that it will be the first of possibly two or three meetings which I suspect are going to follow rather quickly , one after the other . |
| 13 | Can I say first of all to the honourable lady that yes of course I welcome er the particular initiatives er and indeed I have visited it as I think she will know , er and I 'm very pleased to congratulate all those concerned in setting it up . |
| 14 | Well can I point first though ? |
| 15 | Now can I ask first of all , are you , as we have a paper in front of us , are you happy to continue the discussion of the basis of the sector by sector approach , and in particular the sectors which have been identified by Mr ? |