Example sentences of "i [verb] [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It may be but I intend to eat first . |
| 2 | I tend to remember first the requirements of those plantations that care to provide the best hospitality when I pay a visit . " |
| 3 | In joint working I tend to think first of health and social services but that is not joint working in its most realistic and adventurous kind . |
| 4 | As the movement and the significance of British fascism owed so much to Sir Oswald Mosley , and as he increasingly came to see himself as the political spokesman for the lost generation and the survivors of the First World War , it is the impact of that event I want to examine first . |
| 5 | I have a lot of science that I want to do first . |
| 6 | And I say I I ca n't , I honestly can not remember what I was doing , I remember the environment one because I got a module written on that erm I remember that I had put in er I want to do first aid and safety in the home sort of thing er , they were three modules that I wanted er , to do . |
| 7 | ‘ What I want to know first of all is does the national team have an important role to play ? ’ he said . |
| 8 | ‘ If I 'd gone first , the house would have come to you with ten thousand and the rest would have gone for research into glandular diseases . ’ |
| 9 | for one thing , if we 'd taken one of their houses and I 'd died first , my wife would of been left without a home |
| 10 | I , I get to read first or second ? |
| 11 | I decided to speak first to the father , because he was blind , and would not be frightened by my terrible face and body . |
| 12 | No sir I I do accept first of all that the capacity of the city should remain at thirty three . |
| 13 | Now I had the choice of going first , , so if I choose to go first then you can choose the colours . . |
| 14 | He fell back , but the other man , the one I had seen first , came running forward . |
| 15 | I had conquered first Aix , then Paris . |
| 16 | I had to give first aid treatment when needed and issued simple medicines , which included ‘ Miss Alba ’ , a white elixir effective in the eradication of constipation . |
| 17 | I was at this time that I renewed my acquaintance with Herbert Read , whom I had met first at Oxford in the company of Nevill Coghill . |
| 18 | I had got first prize for guitar at the Melody Maker contest and soon I was selling stories and now I find my principal interest is still p H. |
| 19 | Mum asked me to ice his birthday cake while they were out and decorate it with chocolate leaves which I had to make first . |
| 20 | I had come first in our exams and tests . |
| 21 | To answer these questions about life I had to learn first about death . |
| 22 | Erm , let me just have a quick look through and see what I 've asked first , definitely . |
| 23 | I 've had first hand er experience of the States because I 've worked there for a couple of years . |
| 24 | I 've got first hand experience of this , since the unit Epson provided for review had obviously been in use elsewhere before it got to me , and there was toner flying free from the part-used cartridge . |
| 25 | I 've got first of all start vacancy taking because eh |
| 26 | I have to say first though , that this august body then let itself down with a bang before a ball had been bowled . |
| 27 | ‘ I have to decide first if I will have her ! |
| 28 | Despite all its important news , I have to confess first turning to ‘ Where Are They Now ’ and ‘ In Your Own Write ’ . |
| 29 | But there are several things I have to do first . ’ |
| 30 | No , I think I have to choose first cos think you need a nana . |