Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] first " in BNC.
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| 31 | His defence was that of self-defence ; he alleged that the victim had attacked him first . |
| 32 | He said Mr Hawthorne had attacked him first , striking him with the crowbar on the hand . |
| 33 | The first positive statement to this effect in the available sources is to be found in Mustakimzade , who not only places him first in his list but also states explicitly , on the authority of the historian " Aziz Efendi ( ? ) , that Molla Fenari was the first to hold the office of Mufti in the Ottoman state . |
| 34 | Steven , 18 : ‘ It 's difficult to know why people become monks , I guess I 'd have to try it first ! |
| 35 | Within a few months of publication , however , Sony unveiled the first handheld , self-contained CD-ROM system , launching it first in Japan and then in Europe and the United States . |
| 36 | Do you remember when coming into the flat , do you remember who entered it first ? |
| 37 | Sarah caught it first , being nearest , and she soon forgot to mope for her disconsolate Sir George ( who had seen them off with very ill grace ) . |
| 38 | Well let us explore it first and see what the issues are and then if there 's any dispute then , then you can call another meeting at the February sales meeting we can discuss it |
| 39 | I should have reported it first , but I thought I could always plead urgency if I was disciplined again , and I could n't take the risk of being denied access . ’ |
| 40 | read the lists down and across yourself without hearing the language helper say it first . |
| 41 | First I kicked the chair legs when serving , then I must not use scenty hairdressing , do n't say good morning unless they say it first . |
| 42 | Got to find it first . . |
| 43 | In Bartlett v. Sydney Marcus ( 1965 C.A. ) the seller , a car dealer , told the buyer that the car had a defective clutch and that if he bought it as it was he could have it for £550 but that if the seller were to repair it first , the price would be £575 . |
| 44 | His bulk put weight behind the blade , driving it first to the right then to the left , encountering no obstruction from rib or breastbone . |
| 45 | Much of the new equipment used in the last five Tours is there because LeMond used it first . |
| 46 | One of our church members became the paid administrator for the centre in which now , two years after we used it first and one year after it opened to the public , there are dance classes ; keep fit ; carpet bowls ; drama ; OAP 's club ; card club ; ballroom dancing ; judo etc . |
| 47 | ‘ He used it first , I should imagine , as a way to relax , to loosen up . |
| 48 | This hangar was all closed up apart from one door , so he drove in in the semi-dark and reversed rapidly into what he thought was an empty corner without checking it first for parked vehicles . |
| 49 | She never went to anyone else 's place without checking it first . |
| 50 | I tried it first . |
| 51 | They tried it first cos it 's brand new tool . |
| 52 | In ecological terms crofting agriculture , as I came to know it first , was complete , cyclical and self-renewing . |
| 53 | So she goes , I want it first thing tomorrow morning , and I mean like this is talking like , we 're talking major here ! |
| 54 | And remember you have to get down again , so test it first . |
| 55 | ‘ As I 've said before , it 's not really realistic to expect us to win the league but the others have to try to catch us first . |
| 56 | ‘ He 's got to catch us first ! ’ |
| 57 | And I sometimes I used to fry them first . |
| 58 | When Rostov had noticed them first , they had been deep in animated conversation — a conspiratorial group of people who were the least likely , considering all the circumstances , to be found in close and apparently friendly contact with one another . |
| 59 | My research in the following few years was to lead me first to Rennes-le-Chateau to check Wood 's discovery and then to Wiltshire 's Marlborough Downs , which have since also become home to the world 's corn circle phenomenon . |
| 60 | ‘ The cutlets yes , certainly , since the Prince rejected them first time round , and asked for them later , ’ dredging up memories from the depths of his mind . |