Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was presumably his stage debut , because although his teacher Marjorie Sturman started the Johannesburg Festival Ballet Society about that time , it did not give its first public performance until the following year , when he was already in Cape Town and unable to get away . |
| 2 | ‘ I stopped my eight- and ten-year-olds from watching Grange Hill , ’ she says , ‘ because it covered abortion and , however well it was done , I did not want their first experience of it to be through television . ’ |
| 3 | Bush and Gorbachev did not hold their first summit until December 1989 in Malta . |
| 4 | The party Statutes of FET y de las JONS were published on 4 August , but the principal consultative organism , the National Council , was not created until October of that year and did not hold its first meeting until December . |
| 5 | He was relieved to feel that he would not be alone with Eleanor and was sure that he would be able , casually and quietly , to say something about Liza in the course of the evening — that is , if Eleanor did not say something first . |
| 6 | Noguchi did not get his first retrospective exhibition until he was in his sixties . |
| 7 | Ruth did not enjoy her first night on board . |
| 8 | Emma still did not know her first name . |
| 9 | Normal subjects always begin a sleep period with slow wave sleep , and do not start their first REM sleep period for at least forty-five minutes , sometimes as long as two hours . |
| 10 | Clios fitted with petrol engines do not require their first service until 6,000 miles . |
| 11 | The ‘ germ ’ of this story , I think , is the idea ( I do not know who first expressed it ) that couples of servants who apply for situations as man and wife have often met for the first time in the registry office . |
| 12 | The lyrics , 2 , are unmistakably Prince , all 2s and 4s and Us , with a sentiment similar to Janet Jackson 's AIDS generation love song ‘ Let's Wait Awhile ’ — ‘ it 's just that I did n't think our first date should be in bed ’ . |
| 13 | The lyrics , 2 , are unmistakably Prince , all 2s and 4s and Us , with a sentiment similar to Janet Jackson 's AIDS generation love song ‘ Let's Wait Awhile ’ — ‘ it 's just that I did n't think our first date should be in bed ’ . |
| 14 | He has run 165 marathons , 76 half-marathons , nine 61-milers , 13 30-milers and 13 25-milers — and he did n't do his first marathon until shortly before his 60th birthday . |
| 15 | Two people in the group did n't fancy their first at all . |
| 16 | I promised to ring him , if he did n't ring me first , reassured her again that everything was fine and that she did n't need to drive over to look after me . |
| 17 | There were few signposts and the rough roads had waterfilled potholes deep enough to drown a man — if the footpads did n't get him first . |
| 18 | Did n't ask you first ? |
| 19 | But I did n't sell my first painting you know until 1975 . |
| 20 | I did n't like it first , when I bought it I thought it was a bit crap |
| 21 | Did n't like it first time . |
| 22 | Pegasus did n't win their first short corner of the game until the 28th minute , and that was down to Nadine Long , who at times was the only forward prepared to take on the Portadown defence . |
| 23 | Now Liz did n't win our first , second or third prize er last year , but she , she made it to the final twelve , er her , her full-length novel now , has now been accepted by Collins and that 's going to be published next February , there 's talk of a big American contract for Liz and Liz has now been floated away in to the world of big time professional writing . |
| 24 | If the police did n't find him first he would eventually wake and wander away . |
| 25 | ‘ And I did indeed enjoy my visit but I think I have missed the best treat in the entire house , what a pity I did n't see you first . ’ |
| 26 | That was if the cat did n't tumble her first . |
| 27 | I do n't suppose my first real piece for the paper was exactly world-shattering . |
| 28 | If you say , ‘ Just have a go , we do n't mind if you do n't do it first time ’ , a sensitive child will probably clam up . |
| 29 | ‘ If the parasites do n't get him first . ’ |
| 30 | I do n't know your first name , but I love you . |