Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] [conj] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told me that the first three days were an agony , thirst being the greatest torture , then slowly the body reversed its patterns and you got used to it . |
| 2 | If he had told me that the first half was going to be crap , I would n't have bothered to watch it in the first place . |
| 3 | Watch out for log books which tell you that the first owner was Engineering Educational Trust . |
| 4 | The readings tell us that the first communities of Christians were united heart and soul in the Lord . |
| 5 | Any handbook on assertiveness techniques will tell you that the first rule is to make eye contact with your interviewers . |
| 6 | Will he also tell him that the first priority must be to reform the common agricultural policy , to remove the losses from fraud which occur within that policy and , especially , to bring about a successful conclusion to the GATT negotiations ? |