Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [vb infin] [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll just test you first , ’ added Troy , ‘ to see whether you 're brave enough . ’ |
| 2 | The little battler , whom doctors feared might never see his first birthday , has been beset by almost continuous infections and his condition has worsened . |
| 3 | One white lone mother in my study noted that her mother was also a woman coping alone on a very limited income : ‘ she 'd rather put us first but I do n't want to see her go without . ’ |
| 4 | Yes but I 'm not sure , I think I 'd rather phone him first if |
| 5 | A five year old boy from Bosnia who 's paralysed from the waist down could soon take his first steps with the aid of calipers . |
| 6 | You could always do her first so that that does n't |
| 7 | Turned back to Ormanroyd who could n't control it first time and that was enough for Forest to win it back . |
| 8 | He 'd never forget his first experience of Waimea : ‘ It was 25 March 1974 — a late spring swell , clean and perfect . |
| 9 | Er I do n't know how Mr could actually say his first comment about quality and improvement . |
| 10 | Ironically , it would be Cats that would eventually bring his first marriage to an end . |
| 11 | If searching was done with just the basic actions , then R1.1 would only gain its first bit of credit after the fifth search , and then it would gain a mere 1/64th. of a point of credit . |
| 12 | He claimed that tournament judges had openly declared they would not place him first because he was ‘ queer . ’ |
| 13 | Pray for all those training for the mission field at the Glasgow Bible College or the Scottish Baptist College , that they would be anointed for their task and that they would not lose their first love of Jesus Himself as they study scriptures . |
| 14 | for me to have er I I tell you what I do get concerned about Lynda is somebody who ca n't spell their first name . |
| 15 | Although it does have lower , lower power than his first test , right , but if you ca n't calculate his first test then it 's the best thing to use . |
| 16 | Sparc builders will only get their first glimpse of the stuff when Sun finally rolls out its Sparcstation 3 Viking boxes . |
| 17 | But season ticket holders will not get their first discounts until January 1993 . |
| 18 | Cupertino , California-based Apple Computer Inc , which went all the way to Japan for its last major product introduction , will finally launch its first family of network file servers at CeBit , in Hannover , on March 25 , according to US press reports . |
| 19 | It 's said that you will always remember your first time . |
| 20 | Apple Computer Inc 's second batch of Newtons will be notebook-sized versions of the device which it expects to ship at about the same time as the small first model , according to MacWeek : the notebook will have a landscape-mode screen with a resolution of 640 by 480 pixels ; the notepad , in contrast , has a small portrait-mode screen ; Apple will also deliver its first PCMCIA slot in the Newton this summer , but a slot for the PowerBook laptops may be further away . |
| 21 | THE 22 Premier League clubs will today receive their first payment from the £304million TV deal with BSkyB . |
| 22 | Lore will never forget her first meeting with Miss Harder : |
| 23 | BUDDING jockey Richard Painter will never forget his first turf winner after a hair-raising experience on 13–8 favourite Dodgy Dancer in the Bilborough Apprentice Maiden at Nottingham . |
| 24 | Think of the actor suffering from stage-fright who can not remember his first line . |
| 25 | I can not remember my first day hunting but I can tell you a normal day of all-day hunting . |
| 26 | Who can ever forget their first impression of an illuminated tram gliding over the rails in a halo of coloured light ? |
| 27 | I can vaguely remember my first day at school . |
| 28 | You can then close your first appointment with some form of appropriate sociability . |