Example sentences of "first i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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1 | But first I would make one further effort to solve the last enigma : to find out what had happened to Leslie . |
2 | First I would relax , lie upon a bed , although not the bed in which I normally slept , go through the breathing exercises until I felt that I was part of the bed , weightless and sinking through it . |
3 | Having selected a remedy it must now be given , but first I would like to put in a little reassurance . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | At first I would go for short walks , lasting perhaps half an hour , and then return to bed sufficiently impressed with my own daring to be able to relax into sleep . |
6 | The first I would label the ‘ naturalist ’ approach , and the classic British example is the highly influential work of Havelock Ellis , especially his majestic Studies in the Psychology of Sex . |
7 | ‘ First I would say this : when the corporation consider applications for licences under the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 , they are under a duty to act fairly . |
8 | ‘ First I would like to know why it was necessary to send two men to the flat to attack the hotel clerk . ’ |
9 | At first I would not even consider it but it fills her days , or at least it did until you arrived with your friend . |
10 | ‘ If , while talks are in abeyance , there is abuse by those who would seek to interfere with humanitarian aid — attacking protected areas , resuming the sustained shelling of Sarajevo , for example — then first I would remind you that the NATO military option is very much alive , ’ Clinton said . |
11 | It would probably come off first I would imagine , I do n't know . |
12 | In the first I shall review activity within the Engineering Branch before I took up my post within the MOD . |
13 | But first I shall be consulting my solicitors , the League Managers ' Association and suing the club for unfair dismissal , without a shadow of doubt . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | First I shall deal with the two constituencies orders which establish new boundaries for the European parliamentary constituencies . |
16 | First I 'll divulge that I went to Bristol — they 'll know that already if they 're bright enough — then I 'll say I went to this Bed and Breakfast — then I looked for a job … |
17 | First I 'll take a chance on you . |
18 | First I 'll find them a good hiding-place . |
19 | ‘ But first I 'll get us both some tea . ’ |
20 | The first I 'll know , I expect , is when he walks through that door . ’ |
21 | But first I 'll get you a blanket . " |
22 | But first I 'll ask our Finance Director to go into the figures in a little bit more detail . |
23 | Well , to help you with that to give you an idea , first I 'll the ta the attainment on this one , what to look for . |
24 | Yeah , when I first I used to fly , actually screen flying . |
25 | God was saying in so many words : ‘ Because he trusted in me and put me first I will honour him . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | First I will tell you who they are and then , when I have explained the purpose of our coming , you will understand why they are here . |
29 | At first I can not see her for the heaps of people about her bedside , brandished with packaged sweets and magazines and flowers of white and purple . |
30 | That 'd be a first I can tell you , oh that 's a good one in n it ? |