Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [vb infin] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must quote the first two subsections : |
| 2 | I thought it would be up to seven weeks after my back operation before I was playing again , and I feared I might miss the first month of the season . ’ |
| 3 | Well I 'll do the first one for you cos I can do that . |
| 4 | I 'll hand the first one over to Frank . |
| 5 | I 'll send the first prisoner down to you when they arrive . |
| 6 | I mean you think , when you sign y with your insurers thing say well I 'll have this and I 'll pay the first fifty |
| 7 | If we had five hundred years on earth we could say , ‘ OK , I 'll spend the first hundred years doing nothing in particular , the next hundred learning about life , the next hundred building a relationship , the next hundred working and my last hundred in leisure . ’ |
| 8 | I 'll skip the first week . |
| 9 | I 'll take the first one , that one is sweet . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll have the first one ; it 's only for one night , anyway . ’ |
| 11 | I 'll read the first two verses . |
| 12 | As soon as I 've collected my things from the boat I 'll catch the first plane home and — ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , if only I could win the first prize ! ’ breathed Angela . |
| 14 | I could wish the first chance that came her way was n't nursing some poor old woman with a weak chest . |
| 15 | I could visualize the first restless stirring among tribes on the steppes of Central Asia , then the terrifying eruption of hordes of unknown people : lurching , creaking wagons , unkempt women and children , squat , slit-eyed men in padded garments , innumerable horses , felt tents , troops of mounted archers forever on the move . |
| 16 | Erm because the report is er quite a long report mainly the er part of the report erm I will pick out the most important comments and if I could take the first part of the report first erm this concerns a new staffing structure between er , newly emerged welfare rights and advice service . |
| 17 | Yes the there are two aspects really to that , one is the length of runway operating er and the other is the surface , erm , if I could take the first one . |
| 18 | Erm I think I 'd support the first point that we we 're obviously er all in favour well the County Council is certainly in favour of flexibility in terms of addressing the post two thousand er six scenario . |
| 19 | Well , if there are n't any questions er , I would return to the resolutions , er , separately and I would propose the first one which is an ordinary resolution namely it 's resolution one , set out in the notice of meeting to increase the authorized share capital of the company . |
| 20 | When any seeds arrive from him I will take the first opportunity of sending you a share and in return shall trouble you for some Northern and Welsh plants which I hope we shall make proper conveniency to receive into our Garden in a short time ; for several of those which you were so good as to furnish me with a few years since are lost for want of proper soil and situation , the natural earth of our Garden being too light and dry and the bottom too warm . |
| 21 | I WILL by your kinda town ; I WILL host the first leg of this year 's most significant ‘ alternative ’ rock event , and I WILL send my splendid , scrubbed , windswept children to worship at the feet of its various missionaries . |
| 22 | ‘ He thinks I can manage the first two years ' bills at Dickie 's new school , but after that I 'll be cleaned out , so God alone knows what 'll happen . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm now 36th in the European merit order , but I feel I can make the first 25 ’ , said big hitter Clarke before teeing off in Switzerland . |
| 24 | I can read the first question , A , spices for cooking |
| 25 | With an odd feeling that he was asking because it was expected of him rather than out of genuine interest , she replied somewhat stiltedly , ‘ Once I 've a clear picture of the items to be displayed , and which room they 're to go in , I can begin the first rough draft for the catalogue . ’ |
| 26 | Y'know , I can remember the first time I wore them . |
| 27 | I can remember the first time I got drunk on Scotch . |
| 28 | I can , I can remember the first drawing , you used to draw a house and you |
| 29 | I can remember the first time I ever |
| 30 | No school-children so far , but I can hear the first faint scrapes and slushing of householders beginning to clean their pavements , and the sound is strange and hard to recognise in the almost silent air , seeming as if it came from a long distance , a country sound in the wrong place . |