Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since then we have witnessed the development first of all of the Keynesian view of the importance of money , followed by the monetarist view which is at odds with the former and is closely associated with the original quantity theory . |
| 2 | Palmerston then interrupted , saying that he ought to have consulted the House first . |
| 3 | The key here is to take as little sand as possible , just clipping the ball off the top of the sand , contacting the ball first then the sand . |
| 4 | The secretary did as instructed and passed the test first time . |
| 5 | Michael , 28 , of Wyville Grove , Hunton , won the judges over including the head chef of London 's Savoy Hotel to claim the £500 first prize along with a commemorative medal and certificate . |
| 6 | And then you fold , you paste the bottom first , then you fold that up . |
| 7 | The Bishop of Pontefract gave the pie a blessing before John Hinchcliffe , chairman of the 1964 pie committee , made the ceremonial first cut in the pastry . |
| 8 | ‘ You can unpack now or we can show you round the premises first . |
| 9 | But owners House of Fraser say police should have allowed trained staff to search the shop first . |
| 10 | We are given the pronoun first , and then kept in suspense as to its identity , which is revealed later . |
| 11 | ‘ No , but we must be patient , ’ said Sophia , helping the cat first . |
| 12 | The media identifiers displayed by this option correspond to the 4-digit numbers used in the initialisation of the item label , however it is not essential to have initialised the item first . |
| 13 | As Mary admitted she liked to see the videos first alone — she also may have found the situation rather threatening . |
| 14 | Alternatively you might like to wait to see the proposal first as she is a most serious person who struck me as a likely author . |
| 15 | I never thought er Mrs that I 'd be seeing , I 'd like to see the excreta first but er could it be , could it be a dormouse because they enjoy the insects and berries and they make similar type holes . |
| 16 | Santa Cruz Operation Inc declined to put a timeframe on delivery of its own COSE-compliant products — it wants to see the specifications first — but its IXI Ltd division expects to be first to market with a compliant desktop manager ; moreover , Santa Cruz is said to be toying with the idea of doing some kind of COSE implementation to run over Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT . |
| 17 | Santa Cruz Operation Inc declined to put a timeframe on delivery of its own COSE-compliant products — it wants to see the specifications first — but its IXI Ltd division expects to be first to market with a compliant desktop manager . |
| 18 | ‘ I think Stephen wanted James to see the site first thing this morning before you took us down to the house , ’ Elaine said , and helped herself to a warm bun which she tore open , spreading it thickly with butter and lime jelly . |
| 19 | Might , perhaps ; there 's just something ; that 's why I asked at the meeting , but I 'd have to see the letter first , partly to see what 's in it , partly just to see it . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 'll be going in to see the manager first thing Monday to sort out my future . |
| 21 | Expressing a desire to see the world first , he set off to spend a year teaching elementary mathematics in Kenya . |
| 22 | This will give you the opportunity of smelling the oils first , and buying only those you like . |
| 23 | We when we got the song first and recorded we we were talking one day and we were just saying it would be an ideal song for Children in Need you know so we decided that we 'd er donate all the proceeds from this track on the video and album and the concert in Stockport , it 's tomorrow night is n't it ? |
| 24 | When industrial disputes arose the bill first prescribed direct talks between workers and management , followed in the event of a breakdown in these talks by mediation for up to 14 days by an independent arbitration ; if mediation failed a strike could then be called subject to the strike organizers ' giving seven day 's notice to management . |
| 25 | But once the Parliamentary material was brought to our attention , it seemed to me , as , I believe , to others of your Lordships who had heard the appeal first argued , to raise an acute question as to whether it could possibly be right to give effect to taxing legislation in such a way as to impose a tax which the Financial Secretary to the Treasury , during the passage of the Bill containing the relevant provision , had , in effect , assured the House of Commons it was not intended to impose . |
| 26 | The man alighted and checked the street first , his hand deep in his pocket , before finally opening the door . |
| 27 | It would be easier to plant the tuber first , in a pot consisting of the above mentioned medium and then to place the pot in a shallow tank . |
| 28 | When the Royal Africa Company collapsed under the weight of its fixed costs , the need for permanent bases on the West African coast — essential if only because half-a-dozen other European countries were setting up forts there — led the government first to try to organize the slave-trading merchants into a loosely organized company which would be responsible for looking after the forts , and then to provide a subsidy to keep them going . |
| 29 | Wood experienced the feeling first hand , and judging by the way she crushed the Indonesian No. 2 , Suzanna Kusuma , in the opening match yesterday , she was not taking any chances . |
| 30 | On wet ground , play the ball back a bit in your stance to ensure catching the ball first , thus minimising the amount of moisture squeezed between the clubface and the ball at impact . |