Example sentences of "n't [verb] [prep] [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I ca n't wait for his first day — I 'll spend it in bed . ’ |
| 2 | When it launched a complete make-up range last autumn , it introduced ‘ Mirror Image Consultation ’ , a new way of selling which is so simple that all the other companies were left wondering why they had n't thought of it first . |
| 3 | I never ticked it , it does damn all for me , I do n't see why I should n't insist on my first colour-choice or nothing . |
| 4 | We did n't hear about you first time round . ’ |
| 5 | You know , I thought he was about fifty odd , but what I must mention Jane , must n't forget in his first race in the three o'clock , he came last on Ruddy Cheek . |
| 6 | So long as the frost does n't get to them first . |
| 7 | And if he did n't get to him first — well , it just did n't bear thinking about . |
| 8 | The Metropol Gallery of Vienna is seeking a buyer for the fire engine , provided the graffiti artists the Whitney once championed do n't get to it first . |