Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should comfort come first , or practical considerations , or style ? |
| 2 | Now , erm , I think that er , we er , should first , er , seek to adopt the minutes of the last meeting which I hope you have all seen and studied with due care and attention , and er , I should like to ask first whether there are any amendments which anyone would wish to put forward , to those minutes ? |
| 3 | If we keep the speed fixed now we have Do the one I should have done first . |
| 4 | ‘ Mum says he should have looked first , Dad says if she 'd been keeping an eye on him he would have been fine . |
| 5 | ‘ We should have looked first ! ’ he declared abjectly when all they could see of the scene below and beyond was of rooftops and forest shrouded in mist and rain . |
| 6 | In an ideal world the political framework and the broad strategy should have come first ; then the military men would have designed a plan to fit them . |
| 7 | Students at Rachel 's oxford college St Hilda 's say the family 's feelings should have come first . |
| 8 | It is not clear why the theft or robbery count should be considered before that of handling except that the theft or robbery must have come first in time . |
| 9 | No I 'll have to phone first Dawson 's on the same day , have a look . |
| 10 | Exactly thirty minutes later , Shannon packed the last two brushes into an already crammed hold-all and glanced quickly round the small room , checking for anything she might have missed first time round . |
| 11 | Atherton might have gone first ball , lbw , but somehow survived , only to be hit on the helmet as he became airborne against Waqar . |
| 12 | ‘ Let's see Leeming first . ’ |
| 13 | What I 'd like to do first of all is just to summarise wha what we did yesterday . |
| 14 | I 'd like to speak first of all about what John was saying about negotiations and then subsequently about spending up to charge capping level . |
| 15 | Finally , complete the tiebreaker , saying in up to 20 words why you 'd like to win first prize . |
| 16 | It was interesting in the situation that he and Sam Torrance found themselves , as after Sam had hit his chip past and had the honour Gordon could have putted first . |
| 17 | Any core could have accreted first , thus introducing some inhomogeneous ( heterogeneous ) accretion , or it could have later separated . |
| 18 | ‘ I thought you 'd have phoned first , ’ she yawned . |
| 19 | ‘ You may wish to change first , perhaps , ’ she suggested diplomatically . |
| 20 | Perhaps , if Pascoe had n't arrived , she would have gone first to her knees , then sat down , her tongue out like dead meat , with Zeno kneeling up behind her using his hands like someone binding a bale . |
| 21 | Would have gone first |
| 22 | It was precisely because the measures in the social chapter would have damaged first employment prospects and secondly our competitiveness against Japan and the United States that I found them unacceptable . |
| 23 | One insider explained : ‘ The palace would have to act first . |
| 24 | If that had been the case then the much softer shells would have disintegrated first . |
| 25 | One might reasonably have expected that the " building " would have come first and then the things it housed . |
| 26 | In a letter dated 19 November , the Lord Advocate said that in Scotland ’ Civil actions are raised in the Court of Session or Sheriff Court Mrs. would have to establish first of all that she does indeed have a right to raise an action arising from the unfortunate incident of which she has complained . |
| 27 | If there were a need for a review or anything of that sort the initiative would have to come first from the Catering Sub-Committee . |
| 28 | But she would have telephoned first . |
| 29 | It would have taken first prize at the Policeman 's Ball . |
| 30 | I would have thought first of all we 've got to update what we 've got as it |