Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [vb infin] the first " in BNC.
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| 31 | It 's five in the morning and I can hear the first cars swooshing through empty streets . |
| 32 | If there was any ambiguity , that is to say implications which might escape the first or indeed many subsequent readings , they were not the ones which would have made themselves more readily apparent if some form of graphic representation had preserved the tone of voice , the facial expressions or the hand movements of their author . |
| 33 | Among the happiest band of travellers are 5,000 St Johnstone fans heading for the seaside and a match against Ayr United which will decide the First Division Championship . |
| 34 | The Spanish Government 's Telecommunications Office , having twice rejected all competitive bids for a national radio-paging licence , has finally granted this honour to Sistelcom Telemensaje , which will offer the first of three national radio-paging services that were envisaged under the National Telecommunications Plan . |
| 35 | The following bridge carries the track which will form the first line of the Midland Metro , due to be opened next year . |
| 36 | The annual Nick Estcourt Award of £1000 , granted to small expeditions in pursuit of challenging mountain objectives , goes this year to the British Makrong Chhish expedition which will attempt the first ascent of the mountain . |
| 37 | More important for them is the other alternative which can follow the first primitive stage : feudalism . |
| 38 | * Palfrey 's full name is Horatio Benedict de Palfrey , but , as he explains earlier , ‘ you may forget the first two ( names ) immediately , and somehow nobody has ever remembered the ‘ de ’ at all . ’ |
| 39 | You may find the first year 's bloom on the rootstock pleasantly and surprisingly different to the original bloom on its own roots . |
| 40 | For example , if you are consuming lots of cups of coffee or tea , cola drinks , or refined sweet foods , you may find the first week of the diet quite a challenge ! |
| 41 | You might try the first part . |
| 42 | So you do n't actually mention that if you do n't leave now you 'll miss the first act of the play , and he 'll be furious . |
| 43 | If you 're playing against the computer you 'll play the first half kicking from left to right , changing ends at half time . |
| 44 | At the beginning of each month , you 'll find the first page of each month is a replica of the back of the calendar card . |
| 45 | You 'll spend the first couple of hours with ‘ Power Missy ’ trying to work out whether it 's a tease or a threat and then , just when you decide you really ca n't decide whether they 're all Polly Harvey bolshie or Sundays pliant , it may dawn on you that ‘ PM ’ is , in fact , f—ing scary , like playing S&M games with a dangerous schizophrenic . |
| 46 | Cos you 'll get the first post then . |
| 47 | In his last years Monet stumbled upon the exquisite notion that colour in itself could become the first subject for his art ; painting has never looked back/ |
| 48 | He 'd just been rather cleverer and more subtle at how he 'd gone about seducing her , even ensuring that she 'd initiate the first moves . |
| 49 | ‘ You 'd like the first crack ? ’ |
| 50 | But she prayed to heaven and promised that , should she be spared , she would devote the first fruit of her womb to Christ 's service . |
| 51 | One such was the Countess of Portland , who at Carisbrook Castle ‘ declared she would fire the first cannon ’ rather than surrender . |
| 52 | In consultation with Associate Producer Mervyn Pinfield , who would direct the first four episodes , Whitaker won an agreement that everything should be done to portray the Sensorites as timid , sympathetic creatures , leaving true villainy to the beast present , if mostly dormant , in the hearts of men . |
| 53 | BEFORE the Queen hosts the Edinburgh Summit dinner on the Royal Yacht Britannia this evening , she will visit the first exhibition of the European Parliament 's art collection , Twelve Stars . |
| 54 | So it is the woman who will experience the first withdrawal symptoms . |
| 55 | If they have upset you , perhaps they are hoping you will make the first move . |
| 56 | Repeat the process for squares 91 to 135 then 136 to 180 and you will have the first 38 rows of squares printed over the full 180 needles , complete with your colour key . |
| 57 | So far , I 've given two to friends in hospital and one to an elderly neighbour , who 's begged me to let her have another one so that she can pass the first one on . |
| 58 | Erm who can do the first sentence for me . |
| 59 | ‘ Give me a couple of minutes , then you can send the first one in . ’ |
| 60 | and then start losing confidence , wasting time , if you 've got some check , like that , right , okay , so if you like to work that one out , you should n't have any problem with the , the second bar , if you can do the first one . |