Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now what I want to do is I want them to respond first . |
| 2 | ‘ I suppose you want me to go first , ’ said Caspar as they stood looking up at the open window , which was grimy and smeary , but much lower than the other windows . |
| 3 | Yes , he let me go first at every fence ’ |
| 4 | Oh , and maybe just a tiny piece of advice : next time you , quote , ‘ risk life and limb ’ I suggest you check first that the person does need rescuing . |
| 5 | Though I suggest you ring first . |
| 6 | Though I suggest you ring first . |
| 7 | I 'll tell you what it I I want you to do first and then you can write it down . |
| 8 | Now , ’ he went on before she could reply , ‘ I suggest we eat first , then discuss matters — if there is anything to discuss — afterwards . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I say we assemble first the land . |
| 10 | They 'd ganged up on Kenny and afterwards he looked as if the mean streets had come up to meet him face first . |
| 11 | Christian Aid 's emphasis on strengthening the poor might direct us to look first at supporting people at the base ‘ doing theology ’ , rather than year-long academic retreats . |
| 12 | ‘ Let me explain first about the insurance , ’ she began . |
| 13 | I , I , well let me start first of all like most companies this has been erm er concentrated wonderfully in er reconsidering the plans and this means that quite seriously that erm er the cost can not be precisely in the accounts because there 's a redesign . |
| 14 | ‘ Let me think first ’ he quipped . |
| 15 | ‘ Let me think first , ’ he quipped . |
| 16 | ‘ Let me finish first about Timo . |
| 17 | Here , let me go first . ’ |
| 18 | Let me deal first with students in full-time higher education . |
| 19 | Madam Speaker there are a number of points in that supplementary question , let me deal first of all with on G C H Q we 've done exactly what the I L O requested us to do , we 've had er discussions with the civil service unions to see if a solution could be found . |
| 20 | erm let me consider first of all the minor claim , and here I think it 's only fair to tell you that I 'm not a palaeotologist . |
| 21 | Let me say first , I 've been nursing psychiatric patients for more than twenty years and I know what I 'm talking about . |
| 22 | Moderator and friends let me say first of all that I 'm glad to be able to make these speeches on behalf of the member churches of and I 'd like to also on , particularly on behalf of the England and Wales , though I did realise having said that that you have a minister of the University of Penryth is also a member of this Synod , and therefore , you 've got me three things ! |
| 23 | We let her go first . |
| 24 | He was n't sure what impulse had made him go first to Harry Mack 's body . |
| 25 | I let him leave first . |
| 26 | ‘ Hope they paid first ! ’ said Sandy brightly , and the girls laughed . |
| 27 | BUT LET IT HAPPEN FIRST ! ’ |
| 28 | Let us examine first the situation of the unoperated transsexual . |
| 29 | Let us deal first , with what might be called methodological problems . |
| 30 | Let us deal first with the Census of Employment data regarding the large inclusive area of Northern Tyneside describing work force by location of establishment , in other words the people who work within this area but who do not necessarily live within it . |