Example sentences of "i [modal v] [vb infin] [pron] first " in BNC.
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1 | I must admit my first reaction was that it was a leg-pull ; there were always joke letters coming to me at the studio . |
2 | Now I must admit my first thoughts of it were it really gets my back up for some reason or other . |
3 | ‘ This one sounds quite promising , but of course I must see him first — one ca n't always tell from the application , he added primly . |
4 | I do not know whether I can do that , but I must hear it first . |
5 | And then — that I should hear it first from Nan-Nan . |
6 | Well I 'll I 'll fax it first thing in the morning on Monday right or somebody will so you can get it y'know we just need to monitor it for a week and that 's it . |
7 | I think I 'll break yours first |
8 | No , I 'll tell them first , you know that I 'm taking part in a survey , you know ? |
9 | I 'll pick them up , if I do n't pick them up tonight I 'll get them first thing in the morning . |
10 | without asking , it comes up on the er have er , I 'll ask her first hello it 's the G P G engineer love , yeah , er my pager 's just gone off , is it okay to use my telephone just to answer it please ? |
11 | Oh I 'll ring him first thing Monday morning then . |
12 | if he 's there , she says , it 's not fair on Maggie so I 'll ring her first . |
13 | out loud , I 'll write it first and then I 'll check it |
14 | I 'll see him first . ’ |
15 | ‘ Miss Marlowe , I 'll see you first . |
16 | Well I 'm not very tall and my legs are n't very long and I could get my first leg over but it was getting that other one over with the hurdle , without leaving your boots behind , that was , that was hard . |
17 | I could believe my first finger has threaded through the trigger-guard . |
18 | What they what they should do the , the milk I 'd say your first pint cost you twenty six thirty six |
19 | I 'd buy someone first . |
20 | ‘ If possible , and with the perpetrator 's consent , I would test them first . |
21 | She was going to be Fabien 's wife , but I would have her first . |
22 | Tomorrow , I would have my first real taste of desert . |
23 | Gloriana is much less familiar than Grimes , and I shall approach it first . |
24 | I shall use them first to illustrate the handling of written speech and then locate the way thoughts , beliefs , etc. are dealt with . |
25 | I will send your first brother to you in ten minutes . ’ |
26 | ‘ I will interview them first . |
27 | In this first article I will retrace my first steps to Rennes-le-Chateau and the beginning of the mystery . |
28 | Erm I can recall my first day at school . |
29 | far back in my life so I can recall my first piece of actual writing , I have a scrapbook at home and I look at it regularly , it had my first pieces of work in it , I usually drew pictures and then wrote things , my first piece was on A four and I have drawn a table , my mum and myself , I was holding a , I wrote one sentence and it was surprisingly literate this is what I wrote , it is my party and I wait for my friends to come , I did many pieces of work |
30 | I can remember me first Mother 's , what she called , automatic washer . |