Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [vb infin] [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I always wondered which judgement seat would get him first . ’ |
| 2 | ULSTER 'S newest rugby club will play its first league game on September 18 . |
| 3 | The Angling Club will have its first meeting of the new session at 3.15 pm in room 422 tomorrow . |
| 4 | A Toraja boy desires his own fighting cock just as longingly as a youngster might desire his first motorbike in the West . |
| 5 | Welcome back : Next Tuesday , the Chancellor will unveil his first Autumn budget . |
| 6 | Viewers in the south will get their first chance to judge Carlton , which replaces Thames , when presenter Chris Tarrant goes live in Trafalgar Square at the witching hour tonight to introduce a 90-minute New Year party with Hollywood stars , the Chippendales , a hypnotist , a female impersonator and Paul McCartney — who will probably be watching it in bed since his part was recorded days ago . |
| 7 | Five of these are held in the US and five in Europe , including Plymouth , where a Scottish team could get its first taste of the big time if sponsorship was forthcoming . |
| 8 | At the same time , separatist politicsans were predicting that ETA would make its first action a kidnapping rather than a shooting or bombing . |
| 9 | Veterans ' debut FOOTBALL : Middlesbrough FC Over 35s team will play their first competitive match against Hull City in the veterans ' professional tournament at Norton Sports Ground , Norton , tomorrow ( 11am ) . |
| 10 | So now perhaps the right hon. Gentleman will answer my first question ; what does he have to say to those of his right hon. Friends who say that he has gone far enough and should stay where he is ? |
| 11 | What no one had expected was that my xenophobic father should find himself first sorry for the poor little foreigner and then gradually — but quite irreversibly — falling in love with her . |
| 12 | And Apple could introduce its first Personal Digital Assistant at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago next month , MacWeek says . |
| 13 | On 4 August , the big band sound of Syd Lawrence and his Orchestra will delight fans , and on 11 August the English National Opera will give its first open-air performance of Madam Butterfly . |
| 14 | It has already been considered by the relevant Parliamentary committees and this debate will complete its first reading . |
| 15 | Its end is both sticky and muscular so that a toad can use it first to grasp a worm or a slug and then to carry it bodily back to the mouth . |
| 16 | In his book Anglo-Saxon England ( Cambridge 1970 ) Peter Hunter Blair wrote ( p.370 ) : ‘ The novice should take his first steps … with the aid of the Anglo-Saxon Primer by H. Sweet ( 9th edition , revised 1953 ) … [ then with ] An Introduction to Old English by G.L. Brook ( Manchester 1955 ) … and for a dictionary A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary by J.R.C. Hall . ’ |
| 17 | The Child Support Agency will spend its first year dealing with only new cases and income support claimants , currently numbering 895,000 lone parents . |
| 18 | The £4.3m department at Northallerton 's Friarage Hospital will take its first patients next week . |
| 19 | DEACON Blue will begin their first tour for over a year at the newly revamped Ingliston auditorium on the outskirts of Edinburgh . |
| 20 | Big small disk drive maker Conner Peripherals Inc , San Jose warns that continued weakness in demand and price declines for its disk drives , and a shortfall in orders from its European distributor will hurt its first quarter results and that the expected lower sales will cause earnings per share to fall below analysts ' expectations : it says it is evaluating restructuring alternatives to reduce costs and that any restructuring action could result in additional charges to the quarter ; chief executive Finis Conner said the disk drive market is affected by price competition and excess capacity in the industry , which has caused customers to defer buys and reduce their lead times . |
| 21 | The public will get their first chance to look around the twelve acre gardens . |
| 22 | The journey to the game lodge will provide your first glimpse of the wealth of wildlife this marvellous game park has to offer . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , if it is doubtful that a patient will keep his first appointment , or if more information about his home circumstances is required , it may be helpful to start therapy at home and continue in outpatients . |
| 24 | Five million West Germans can already receive Eurosport , and 17 million Continentals in all , and this week the company will announce its first simultaneous commentaries in languages other than English . |
| 25 | His connections have kept him in training because he showed plenty of ability on the gallops and their decision can pay its first fruits with a win today as he looks a cut above Debsy Do and Nellie Dean . |
| 26 | US comedienne Ruby Wax will present her first series for the BBC , Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie are back with A Bit of Fry and Laurie , and Mel Smith returns as a reluctant rail man in Colin 's Sandwich . |