Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I originally got them down first to 100 , then to 80 , but finance dictated that I select a smaller number . |
| 2 | A , a curtain is used to screen you off , and if it 's a very cold day we 've got infra-red heat we 've got a lamp above the he , the couch and we actually put on the infra-red heat so we warm you up first before you start , before we start so your body is feeling nice and warm and you 're feeling relaxed , we have nice music playing and it does help right , with the tension that builds up on the shoulders . |
| 3 | He 'd picked her up first ? ’ |
| 4 | I had picked her up first , before going to the salon . |
| 5 | Even her very first day was spent bent over her desk , scribbling and sketching furiously . |
| 6 | I said I want to try it out first . |
| 7 | If you can get them into combat they stand a good chance of winning , but you can guarantee the enemy will do his best to shoot them up first . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll show you upstairs first , ’ said the woman . |
| 9 | Oh I mean , I think you put her on first actually |
| 10 | Rebecca 's Loud Blowsy Tart was the longest ‘ act ’ , so we dropped her off first at a wine bar near St Paul 's . |
| 11 | This guy just said , ‘ I can bring it here first thing in the morning in a carrier bag , and do n't be clever by saying that you do n't want it . ’ |
| 12 | You might find it helpful to plan what you will say in advance and to talk it over first with someone you trust and who already knows the situation . |
| 13 | ‘ But I think we ought to talk it over first . |
| 14 | " Knowing Toadflax , I 'm surprised he did n't knock you over first and ask questions afterwards . |
| 15 | You you 've throwed them away first before you buy any more |
| 16 | Now clearly we can teach a child a rule if the child is willing to learn that if we put the two plus one in brackets then that means add them together first and then multiply . |
| 17 | And I will see you tomorrow first thing |
| 18 | They were screaming for Lorna , and Robert handed her out first , then steadied Jo on her unaccustomed high heels . |
| 19 | So every time you return the carriage to the machine , tip it up first to check that nothing metallic ( pins and needles are great offenders , not to mention the double ended bodkin ) has been drawn to these magnets . |
| 20 | That 's alright , that 's something in Gerald 's little telly , it 'll probably need one of those little but I 'll , I 'll look it up first , check it out first . |
| 21 | Remember , you read it here first ! |
| 22 | You read it here first . |
| 23 | But the next Conservative candidate for Darlington ( you read it here first ) was almost certainly not the chap on Wendy Fallon 's right . |
| 24 | Young Mr Woodroofe , you read it here first , will eventually go a very long way indeed . |
| 25 | Jukeboxes as we know them today first showed up in the 1940s . |
| 26 | Well not always , if you get yours in first . |
| 27 | ‘ We 'll drop you off first , ’ Desmond suggested . |
| 28 | Yes please you got ta meet him somewhere first , provided |
| 29 | ‘ An alternative theory is that the killer knocked him out first , then went into the washroom to strip and came back for the final throat-cutting before Berowne had a chance to come round . |
| 30 | Oldfield hammering it on Moores beats Speedy to it and Chettle gets it forward first time . |