Example sentences of "[conj] first i " in BNC.
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| 1 | He explained that first I must promise not to fight against Lilliput or hurt Lilliputians , and that I must be searched for weapons . |
| 2 | And first I must say why I need to make this digression . |
| 3 | And first I want to discuss this idea of hopeful monsters , which is a phrase which goes back to Richard Goldsmith , the geneticist , who argued that occasionally a single — well he was vague about what kind of mutation he had in mind , because he had really rather odd ideas about what genes were and so on but he held occasionally that some genetic change gave rise in some sense in a single dialectical leap to organisms strikingly different from their parents and that speciation consisted of the establishment of such hopeful monsters or macro mutations . |
| 4 | ‘ Sure , I 'll go up to Sandy , but first I want to see this great one you 're expecting . ’ |
| 5 | But first I must describe various genetic entities — viruses , phages , plasmids , and transposons — which are even simpler than bacteria . |
| 6 | I will discuss in a moment how such transport might be achieved , but first I give an example of its role in maintaining life . |
| 7 | But first I would make one further effort to solve the last enigma : to find out what had happened to Leslie . |
| 8 | But first I will look at some other changes in form , particularly those involving changes in shape in cell sheets , changes in contact , and cell migration . |
| 9 | My plan is to consider inter-relations between welfare improvement and the safeguarding of the environment , but first I want to talk about what the term ‘ welfare ’ means , and how we can use it in a scientific way . |
| 10 | Having selected a remedy it must now be given , but first I would like to put in a little reassurance . |
| 11 | ‘ But first I want to do a line drawing from it , which can be used as a frontispiece for the book when it is published . ’ |
| 12 | Later on in this chapter you will see how it has helped specific people in their lives , but first I would like to show how the technique can help some of the more common ailments that many people suffer today . |
| 13 | But first I have to get the Christmas season over . |
| 14 | But first I shall be consulting my solicitors , the League Managers ' Association and suing the club for unfair dismissal , without a shadow of doubt . |
| 15 | ‘ But first I want the gold medal from the World Championships in Stuttgart next year . |
| 16 | But first I want the gold medal from the World Championships in Stuttgart next year . ’ |
| 17 | Such an appeal was not to be resisted , but first I had to tell Meehan that if I did look into his case , I must feel myself free to come to whatever conclusions my investigations led me , ‘ whether in your favour or not ’ . |
| 18 | But first I think we should phone Azadi himself and tell him in no uncertain terms that we are as unhappy about this as he is . |
| 19 | But first I must call on an old friend . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , but first I need to see Nadirpur . ’ |
| 21 | I was told I would have to have another operation a month later , but first I had to take a course of male hormones called Danazol . |
| 22 | My monthly articles will include techniques which should help you to use and get the best from your machine , but first I will tell you about the back-up services available to Singer knitters . |
| 23 | ‘ But first I 'd better check the bedrooms . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ But first I 'd like to say a few words about myself . |
| 25 | ‘ But first I 'd like all the dope Paula has dug up on INCUBUS … ’ |
| 26 | The area surrounding the main figures will be scumbled , but first I added a number of transparent glazes to the perimeter to enrich the scene |
| 27 | I have to win her , I have to earn her , but first I have to be near her . |
| 28 | But first I need money . ’ |
| 29 | " All right , but first I 'd like to know if you 've heard of the return of the Marquis of Rossmayne 's first wife and the death of his second . " |
| 30 | I shall return to this issue of determinism a little later , but first I shall take a brief look at some of the themes in empirical research on gender and education . |