Example sentences of "[verb] [Wh det] [pers pn] [verb] first " in BNC.
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1 | I do n't know which I noticed first , the slight twitch of an eyelid or the small lift of the ribs which dulled the icy Yorkshire air into his lungs . |
2 | I tidied it up , you did n't do what I wanted first . |
3 | Of all the family Jacqueline had received the warmest welcome by the waiter , was always asked what she wanted first , and called Bellissima . |
4 | ‘ When I first came up from Balclutha , Hilda said what I needed first was a good wife but Jan here said what I needed first was a couple of good horses . ’ |
5 | ‘ When I first came up from Balclutha , Hilda said what I needed first was a good wife but Jan here said what I needed first was a couple of good horses . ’ |
6 | Let me put this proposition to the test and see what it means first for the future economic character of the EEC and for Britain 's place within it . |