Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] first [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " And I want you first tell me why you took the gibbon to the palace when you knew it was wrong . |
| 2 | ‘ I suppose I first started thinking about this when I was at university in the late '70s : that getting rid of a set of prejudices about women had only reinforced a whole bunch of prejudices about men . |
| 3 | She provoked him first to talk about his interests , the books he read , the films he watched . |
| 4 | She puts them first do n't she ? |
| 5 | But we ensure we first know what we are talking about . |
| 6 | It seems he first complained of a headache and feeling shivery a couple of days ago . |