Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | So many people give up because , after the elation of seeing the pounds fall off in the first few days , they lose heart when weight loss slows down . |
| 2 | Do n't give up at the first mistake ; ask God to forgive you and help you to start all over again . |
| 3 | erm , you do n't give up at the first little hurdle . |
| 4 | I could double up on the first hit and get better odds . ’ |
| 5 | Something with four solid walls the wo n't blow down in the first puff of wolf 's breath . |
| 6 | But young couples are often surprised , even shocked , by the ferocity of the rows that can suddenly blow up in the first year or two of marriage . |
| 7 | ‘ How did you meet up in the first place ? |
| 8 | Why does go down in the first place ? |
| 9 | I should never have let her go off in the first place . ’ |
| 10 | WHILE the Ipswich fans taunted ‘ You 're going down with the Arsenal ’ , Town star John Wark predicted that troubled Manchester United could still walk off with the first Premier League Championship . |
| 11 | So I will take the blame for that one , but why did n't the machine tuck up on the first two garments of the same size ? |
| 12 | Two more previews to go , and then , at seven o'clock on the Thursday ( early so that the critics could get their copy in ) , the curtain would go up on the first night proper of The Hooded Owl . |
| 13 | The crypt ( which could go back to the first basilica to be built on the site , in the ninth century AD ) , should be completely restored within a year . |
| 14 | And again , if he wanted to alter a painting later after its completion , if he did not go back to the first idea and atmosphere of conception , he could never make the alteration a success . |
| 15 | If you can go back to the first day that you arrived |
| 16 | Hank was so used to being deserted by his mother that he did not think it odd that she should go out on the first evening in ten weeks that his father had been able to spend at home . |
| 17 | Dyspnoea ; they wake from sleep with a sense of suffocation , a sense of choking which can come on in the first sleep , a sense of strangulation when lying and especially when anything is around the neck ; neck is very sensitive to touch . |
| 18 | I do n't believe in wasting time , so if Fran is free for lunch I shall take her out and we can get down to the first lesson . ’ |
| 19 | They 'll all come off in the first wash . |
| 20 | CAPTAIN Will Carling last night told England to sing up and play up in the first 20 minutes or risk Naas Botha wrecking their hopes of winning today 's historic international at Twickenham . |
| 21 | The girl might yet come out with a first . |
| 22 | Please have a think you know have a think about some of the things have a look out if you get out anywhere tonight watching people when they 're together just watch them any ideas that you have tomorrow we 'll start off with the first ten minutes just going over some of the things we talked about this evening . |
| 23 | You remember I said to you that the only thing any witnesses could agree on about the first bloke who killed himself was his staring eyes ? ’ |
| 24 | And why did you climb in in the first place ? ’ |
| 25 | The stem of this one was easily broken and often the head would fly off at the first stroke . |