Example sentences of "i [modal v] [verb] the first [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must quote the first two subsections : |
| 2 | I mean you think , when you sign y with your insurers thing say well I 'll have this and I 'll pay the first fifty |
| 3 | If we had five hundred years on earth we could say , ‘ OK , I 'll spend the first hundred years doing nothing in particular , the next hundred learning about life , the next hundred building a relationship , the next hundred working and my last hundred in leisure . ’ |
| 4 | I 'll read the first two verses . |
| 5 | ‘ He thinks I can manage the first two years ' bills at Dickie 's new school , but after that I 'll be cleaned out , so God alone knows what 'll happen . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm now 36th in the European merit order , but I feel I can make the first 25 ’ , said big hitter Clarke before teeing off in Switzerland . |