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Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [num ord] [prep] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	‘ Let me explain first about the insurance , ’ she began .
2	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 .
3	We find them mentioned first during the reign of Edward I , in the 14th century when they were assessed to pay 20/ for the knighting of the Black Prince .
4	I asked first about my bag and felt my breathing quicken when the chief seemed unable to find my deposition .
5	Well I mean first of all you 'll smell it .
6	I mean first of all I would need to believe in the company the product and that the quality is saleable .
7	The suggestion that er we should join this er , I mean first of all I think that 's if they would allow us to join it , and obviously we realise why they want to join this , rather to the Archbishop of Canterbury saying he would like to join er sit in his cabinet and , and , this , this that sort of level of discussion .
8	Well we got married in nineteen forty one and I lived first of all in Sussex where erm my mother was living because my husband went into the Air Force and he was erm away for five years , well we had a lot of bombing in the early part of the war in Sussex and my father eventually came here to Harlow thinking we were getting away from it and of course we came right into the V er what was it ?
9	I sit next to a down and out who has salvaged h is lunch from the bins .
10	In spite of my enthusiasm and my growing sense of self-importance , one con keeps cropping up and is finally given life by a fellow banker from Chase Manhattan , whom I sit next to on the flight into Kuala Lumpur .
11	Erm , no I do n't know much about it yet , we have n't I 've only just been told about it by a friend who I sit next to on the bus .
12	I sit next to him in my erm F T
13	I got next to nothing from her , sir .
14	Erm , I apologise first of all Mr Mayor er for the second meeting in a row dealing with traffic matters affecting High to full council .
15	President , Tom erm , to President and Congress , ladies and gentlemen er , I 'd first of all just like to say thank you , a big thank you for your support .
16	In our scope of registration I 'd first of all we show the accounts department as part of the company .
17	I came first to a small unoccupied sleeping space , then a galley , cold and lifeless .
18	I came second in the UK Astroid Championships .
19	That 's why I came second in the quiz
20	Because of the shortage of money , we only sent two backstrokers to Antwerp in 1920 , and I came third in the trials , which were held in the open air pool at Southport , now a children 's playground .
21	I came third in the trials and only two swimmers were sent .
22	In fact , while the R450 is here I 'm using it to set up my own guitars , all of which I tuned first with a normal tuner .
23	I know next to nothing about you also .
24	I know next to nothing about wild flowers , and what little I do know I learnt largely when I was a pink-kneed " Boy Sprout " in Manchester and in order to pass some badge or other I had to be able to burn some dough on a stick over an open fire , make smoky porridge and recognise six kinds of trees and flowers from their leaves and blossoms .
25	I know next to nothing about cars , never having learned to drive one .
26	I finished third from last in the section only beating the three pegs the other side of the bridge , come to mention it the bloke the other side of the bridge never caught a fish .
27	I finished third in the Inter-Counties Championships .
28	I finished sixth in 10.31 , also gale assisted .
29	I deal first with the proposals to protect the public against strikes and other forms of industrial action .
30	So anyway that was one of the reasons , when I found that Brothers was slowly going out of business , when I saw last in , and I asked him if er I could have this thing ?