Example sentences of "first [vb base] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ First let me explain why I have to go to Athens . |
| 2 | ‘ Of course , that 's why I 'm here , but first let me explain . |
| 3 | But first let me explain how the ‘ rules ’ work in high finance . |
| 4 | ‘ First let me thank you for the great job you are doing with the ‘ Nottingham Graduate ’ . |
| 5 | First let me say I thought Leeds played very well . |
| 6 | Well first let me say erm in answer to a question you put some time ago , what is it what is in this budget for the people of Oxfordshire , and all you got from both Councillor Waldon and Councillor Barnes was a list of the cuts . |
| 7 | ‘ First let me see your face , ’ replied the lawyer . |
| 8 | I 'll never forget that Saturday morning when Granpa first let me run the barrow on my own . |
| 9 | ‘ But first let us speak of ourselves . |
| 10 | But first let us examine the facts and then ensure that we are looking after our physical selves as well as possible . |
| 11 | But first let us stand back a little and , starting at the surface of the phenomenon , let us consider the most general ‘ shapes ’ and patterns that speech communities may exhibit . |
| 12 | First let us exclude all cases where we are concerned with something which actually is , or is taken to be , a bull or cow or calf in a real or imagined external world , when the use is plainly ascriptive . |
| 13 | But first let us look back briefly at the events from 1945 to 1956 that provided the prologue to the post-imperial era which began at Suez . |
| 14 | First let us look at the way e-mail would be used in almost any organisation . |
| 15 | First let us notice that in one respect Brentano is as fully in the Cartesian tradition as anyone else . |
| 16 | But first let us follow up the possibility that the problem is entirely to do with the estimate . |
| 17 | First let us establish how the geodesic equation simplifies when the motion can be described approximately by classical mechanics . |
| 18 | Over the following pages we profile the winners , but first let us remember the past year with a whirlwind tour … |
| 19 | First let us consider the issue of marriage and the family . |
| 20 | First let us consider the system of property rights . |
| 21 | First let us consider how we define the Edwardian Era . |
| 22 | If you were planning a menu which would you consider first do you think ? |
| 23 | Oh come on , stop having a chinwag I see if I can park round by the post office first do you know what you want out of Argos or , oh you 've written all the numbers down have n't you ? |
| 24 | and draw the the middle bit first do you see what I mean ? |
| 25 | that must be a high point in a career you know , when you first see them go out |