Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [adv] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll go in at first , I 'll see how much that 's gon na be which is about seven hundred pounds . |
| 2 | Presumably , therefore , a House of Commons bent on pressing a Bill to extend the life of Parliament could do so by first abolishing the House of Lords under the Parliament Act procedure and then passing the Bill and presenting it for the Royal Assent . |
| 3 | The Administration of Justice Act 1969 introduced the leap-frog appeal so that cases could go straight from first instance to the House of Lords when the Court of Appeal would be bound by precedent , thereby saving considerable costs . |
| 4 | It was decided that unless they got word of a change in direction from the scouts the Regent had sent to follow the enemy 's route , the Scots host , now numbering some thirteen thousand , would set off at first light , south-westwards , on a converging course . |
| 5 | Trent knew that Louis ' men , if they were able , would strike soon after first light . |
| 6 | Can win here in first venture in selling company . |
| 7 | He 's convinced he can get back into first class cricket before the end of the season . |
| 8 | However , since on can alternate also with first and third person pronouns , which like their second person counterparts can also have definite reference , it is not particularly easy to specify tokens of the alternative class ( see Laberge and Sankoff 1980 : 272ff for a large number of examples ) . |