Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that 's perhaps something I ought to explain first and foremost . |
| 2 | Perhaps I ought to say first that I did n't ask you here to criticize my daughter-in-law for infidelity . |
| 3 | ‘ What I must do next season is get really , really fit and prove everybody wrong , which I have done about a thousand times . ’ |
| 4 | What I must decide next is how this inquiry is to be conducted . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I should explain first why it was Alec Davidson who exposed these mysteries to me . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I sat and thought what I should do next . |
| 9 | It was vital I should go first into the town , to the castle , where such news first belongs , and so I did . |
| 10 | I should say first how this matter arose . |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | On my first day there I acted like a young lord , lying on my bed , my boots on , sipping from a cup of canary and wondering what steps I should take next . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I might die first . |
| 16 | What I 'll erm , what I 'll do next week on this is a rather problematic topic this one erm it 's in the general section . |
| 17 | What I 'll do next week erm we 'll perhaps through concentrating on France we 'll do a quick gallop through Europe eighteen erm about eighteen fifteen to forty eight . |
| 18 | I 'll trade last night 's mis-fortune for the the run of the ball in the next 3 or 4 games : - ) Although of course life does not work that way 8–| Kev . |
| 19 | I 'll leave first thing and , as he says , I 'll be back in no time . |
| 20 | I 'll leave first thing in the morning . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll start next year as favourite and will be racing to win ’ , he declared . |
| 22 | I 'll speak first . |
| 23 | The smoke may help to keep them away , then I 'll go first on the gun . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll go first , in case some of them are still out there . ’ |
| 25 | I 'll go first . |
| 26 | I 'll go first . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'll go first , then you after me . |
| 28 | Yeah I 'll go first . |
| 29 | I 'll go first . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll go first , ’ he told her with a scathing smile . |