Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yet this creature who so violates the natural order and traditional gender divisions by dressing as a man also does things better than a man : ‘ I should draw first and prove the quicker man ’ , she says ( iv . |
| 2 | I should explain first why it was Alec Davidson who exposed these mysteries to me . |
| 3 | I should emphasize first , that the two possibilities shown in Fig. 24.2 are not the only explanations for the origins of the incest taboo . |
| 4 | It was vital I should go first into the town , to the castle , where such news first belongs , and so I did . |
| 5 | I should say first how this matter arose . |
| 6 | Erm , good , now then we come to er , well perhaps I should ask first whether anyone wishes to raise any questions arising out of those er , minutes ? |
| 7 | planning applications and er er items relating to Poor Lane , er and also the traffic on Station Road later on , er I think it 's rather complicated to talk about all of these at at one go , because I know er different members of the public have come for different reasons and perhaps , for the moment , I 'll not ask for any comments about Mr Smith 's proposals on Poor Lane , er nor er comments about Station Road , er but I will ask you if you want to refer to planning applications , er we have three planning applications , one is to extend the car park behind the pub , one is for a change of plan to one of the houses on the development adjacent to us , er and the third one is er er the plans submitted by Grant Development at Thorney , erm , I suspect most comments will be about the last , er perhaps I should ask first if anybody wants to make any comments about proposals behind the reindeer in , or at Chapel cottage site , does anybody , er in the public want to mention those erm , well we will go on to the one at Thorney then , and you 're Mr Walker ? |
| 8 | He seems to think that it is fair that I should have first crack since I am the one who has carried the worms about for the last umpteen days . |
| 9 | I might die first . |
| 10 | I 'll leave first thing and , as he says , I 'll be back in no time . |
| 11 | I 'll leave first thing in the morning . ’ |
| 12 | I 'll speak first . |
| 13 | The smoke may help to keep them away , then I 'll go first on the gun . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll go first , in case some of them are still out there . ’ |
| 15 | I 'll go first . |
| 16 | I 'll go first . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'll go first , then you after me . |
| 18 | Yeah I 'll go first . |
| 19 | I 'll go first . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'll go first , ’ he told her with a scathing smile . |
| 21 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |
| 22 | But er I 'll deal first of all with the Children Act . |
| 23 | I 'll try first yes if I may . |
| 24 | I had to go about north-north-east , and if I hit the coast in the wrong place I could go first one way , then the other , until I came to the shingle where I had left the dinghy . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'd go first , ’ said Fenella , who would do so unhesitatingly . |
| 26 | , Valley and Green , I 'd pick first , and then second I 'd pick Valley , third would be and last would be Green . |
| 27 | I 'd like first of all , bring greetings north of the border . |
| 28 | I would emphasize first , here speaking as one who has in the past given evidence on behalf of the Government , that the value of the scrutiny process is in part that it forces those with more direct power to consider their positions and their arguments carefully and to defend them in the face of public questioning by a Committee whose members may have long experience of the subject-matter involved . |
| 29 | ‘ I would prefer first to accept the cash bonus . ’ |
| 30 | I would recommend first trying a pair of tweezers that are intended for stamp collectors , as these have slightly rounded ends , are longer than normal and can be far easier to use . |