Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , I do enjoy living here , but it 's very different from England and , I must admit , there are times when I miss things back home so much I could literally grab the first plane out of here . ’ |
| 2 | She could only see the first few rows beyond the footlights , but knowing they were there was enough . |
| 3 | But experts warned that any market fall could still jeopardise the first day 's trading . |
| 4 | But experts warned that any market fall could still jeopardise the first day 's trading . |
| 5 | She could clearly remember the first day that Scott had shown her around , could remember being impressed by the overwhelming glamour of it all . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , both Origen and Augustine could also presuppose the first view of inspiration . |
| 7 | Ever since the spring of 1918 , when pacifist hopes that a ‘ peace between equals ’ could indeed turn the First World War into a ‘ war to end war ’ had been finally dashed , there had been no convincing reason to believe that a second global bloodletting could be avoided . |
| 8 | Carl Channell could never forget the first North briefing he saw , one of his contra slide shows in the White House . |