Example sentences of "to get [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , there was Saturday evening to get through first . |
| 2 | For example on the building that we 're talking about shifting , first of all we 've got to find a site for the thing , then we 've got to get planning permission , then we 've got to get the actual permission of the owner of the land , then we 've got to make sure that erm electricity 's laid on , that there 's water laid on , that there 's some sort of toilet or other facilities and so on , and when you add all that up it 's quite a complicated sort of series of bureaucratic procedures you 've got to go through and it 's not a question of , you know , of people saying to us as Councillors well , you know , do this for us and we can magic it out in six months out of thin air _ there 's an awful lot of paperwork that 's got to be gone through and an awful lot of people to see and an awful lot of red tape , really , to get through first — I mean just to make sure that the thing 's safe and complies with health and safety standards — and that 's something which you have to get across to young people and if they 're involved in the actual discussions on this and involved in the organisation , they begin to see the complexities and they 're less inclined , I think , to automatically assume that erm people are n't on their side and do n't want to listen . |
| 3 | We want to get in first , ’ said a senior Government source . |
| 4 | The only way to stop them is to get in first or persuade them that it 's a big mistake ; either way you have to fight . |
| 5 | Trust the Mirror to get in first — we always keep you right in the picture . |
| 6 | She twigged what I was driving at … that I suspected Alain had been murdered … and decided to get in first to throw me off the scent . |
| 7 | She was driven by a need to get in first , her mood openly aggressive . |
| 8 | Who 's going to get in first and who 's going to get in later ? |
| 9 | Is sure determined to get in first you get a trailer , you know |
| 10 | Furthermore , Regan 's incompetent researchers ought not to get to first base , at least under present UK regulations , for they would have been required to state objectives , if only of an ‘ advancement of knowledge ’ , which the assessors would judge to be significant enough to outweigh any proposed harm ( under 5.4 ) to the animals at risk . |
| 11 | However , Sir John Cockroft was in the USA at the time , did not attend the lecture and so was unable to get at first hand insights into what the Soviets had , and had not , done . |