Example sentences of "first could " in BNC.
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| 1 | In previous World Cups , two days were allocated to each match so that contests which were not concluded on the first could be decided on the reserve day . |
| 2 | We were then treated to a video of somebody discussing childbirth , which at first could not be heard by those at the back . |
| 3 | The first could be called the modal use , because it has the same kind of force as the modal use , ‘ probably ’ , and the second the psychological use because it makes a statement about one 's own psychological state of belief . |
| 4 | Gedanken studied it intently , but at first could see nothing . |
| 5 | That is the proposal so the suggested a maximum first could we have a show of hands on ticket prices of two pounds fifty and one pound fifty . |