Example sentences of "[verb] your [noun] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you put your tailplane on first , you might say , quite rightly , that this will not happen with your equipment . |
| 2 | Put your legs in first and then you just fit in . |
| 3 | He says , for a start get your glasses on first ! |
| 4 | ‘ What I mean , my girl , is that you swanned in here , full of self-righteous anger because a little carpenter had deigned to clutter your space without first consulting you , and quite frankly I was sick to my back teeth with what I saw . ’ |
| 5 | If the patient has changed a lot in his attitudes , you should bide your time at first , if you can , in case he does recover to become as before . |
| 6 | A lulling orchestral accompaniment , some smokey crooning and an ingratiating melody gatecrash your approval on first hearings and then slowly reveal the tumult of fury that seethes beneath the surface . |
| 7 | You tossed your opponent for first strike , then the loser just stood still like a lemon with his conker dangling from the string . |
| 8 | I regret that I had been out of the office on the 15 July and did not receive your FAX until first thing on the 16 July . |
| 9 | Beecham said that any fool can conduct three concerts with an orchestra , but to go on improving is like going on a race track where it is possible to improve your time at first , but each new improvement involves great effort and often some danger . |
| 10 | ‘ Take your coat off first . |