Example sentences of "[modal v] have [verb] [pers pn] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I should have unloaded it first , ’ Catherine Crane said , apologetically , ‘ but I just could n't move in any direction with it where it was . ’ |
| 2 | I should have reported it first , but I thought I could always plead urgency if I was disciplined again , and I could n't take the risk of being denied access . ’ |
| 3 | You 'll have to get it first . |
| 4 | The loved one is an ice-cool blonde genius murder suspect ( Stone ) , and the finale is n't quite as cut-and-dried as expected , which gives protestors a problem : in order to give away the ending , they 'll have to understand it first . |
| 5 | ’ I 'd have to see him first . ’ |
| 6 | Steven , 18 : ‘ It 's difficult to know why people become monks , I guess I 'd have to try it first ! |
| 7 | ‘ I would have to conquer it first . ’ |
| 8 | She would have smelt it first — long before the old girl downstairs : she did n't smell it till we went in to get her . ’ |