Example sentences of "have [verb] [to-vb] [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recent work on lesbian alcoholism has had to devote itself first to disproving deviancy models of this condition ( e.g. Anderson and Henderson 1985 ) . |
| 2 | The fall of Kontrax is bad news for Mirror Group pensioners — Maxwell Communications Corp Plc owned 30% of the firm , for Compaq Computer Corp — which will now have to try to retrieve its first consignment of personal computers destined for the company from Hungarian customs authorities , and Disco himself , who opted to build his flat on top of the multi-million dollar Kontrax office building . |
| 3 | well you 've got to snip it first , have n't you , you 've got to fucking snip it with the long hairs first , the old cut throat . |
| 4 | But you 've got to establish yourself first , have n't you ? |
| 5 | ‘ We 've got to prove it first , have n't we ? ’ he continued . |
| 6 | ‘ They 've got to find him first , ’ muttered Lou defiantly . |
| 7 | She seemed so authoritative already , so decided , a world away from the desperately anxious girl he had taken to pay her first calls that chill afternoon of February . |
| 8 | I said Victor had tried to call him first but could get no answer . |
| 9 | After some fumbling I had managed to read my first article by Julie Bitchkill . |
| 10 | ‘ As I 've said before , it 's not really realistic to expect us to win the league but the others have to try to catch us first . |
| 11 | ‘ He 's got to catch us first ! ’ |
| 12 | In fact , a lot of bands starting out these days have to pay to play their first gigs . |