Example sentences of "would be the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We eat eggs all the time ; we 'd be the first to be affected . ’ |
| 2 | I 'd be the first to admit that we do n't always make the best use of our review space from the manufacturer 's point of view , because we mention what we feel is important to our readers and not what the manufacturer wants us to promote , though the two will often coincide . |
| 3 | ‘ If he had got married I 'd be the first to know , ’ his spokeswoman , Hester Blott , tells me . |
| 4 | There 's no question Quinn — and Cottee , Aldridge and the rest — are masters of the art and if I had one in my club , he 'd be the first name on the sheet . |
| 5 | And Kartoffel knew they 'd be the first to tread the Eiger 's virgin summit . |
| 6 | You 'd be the first to agree , sir , that in the circumstances , anything is worth a try . ’ |
| 7 | If I was injured , he 'd be the first to come to my aid . |
| 8 | If there was a man on the horizon , you 'd be the first to know . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ She 'd be the first to deny it . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I might 've known he 'd be the first rat to desert this sinking ship . ’ |
| 11 | You know I would think we 'd be the first er industry to my knowledge to have a cost of living bonus . |
| 12 | " … were all hoping that this would not be a continuing situation , Steve , " Mr Smith said , droning nasally from behind the chip-board desk in his low-ceilinged office on the depot 's first floor , " and that you would be able to consolidate your position here by forming a positive working relationship with the remainder of the road gang , who , in all fairness , I 'm sure you 'd be the first to agree , have done their very best to well … " |
| 13 | Goreng had been worried it might be a set-up — paranoia and distrust were that army 's staple — and he 'd assured Martinho that he 'd be the first to go if that was the case . |
| 14 | ‘ You 'd be the first to complain if I so forgot myself , ’ she laughed back at him , ‘ but you need n't worry . |
| 15 | It is also clear if we had an accident we 'd be the first to die . |
| 16 | If I did love him , she thought more soberly , he 'd be the first one that I have , maybe . |
| 17 | He 'd be the first to admit it . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's said that if the flame-retardant with which they 're treated could be bottled it 'd be the first guaranteed aphrodisiac . ’ |
| 19 | But the way Bridges plays him he 'd be the first sicko picked out of an identity parade . |
| 20 | But the way Bridges plays him he 'd be the first sicko picked out of an identity parade . |
| 21 | you 'd be the first to say to her |
| 22 | Well football pools are a splendid started because recently somebody has won just over nine hundred thousand pounds , and it 's interesting to note that he did this without exercising too much skill , as I 'm sure he 'd be the first to admit , because he enters the same numbers every week . |
| 23 | The Harvest Holiday , as the report suggested , would be introduced in late October and would be the first of a series of changes to age-hold British holiday customs . |
| 24 | Under the new régime we would be the first province to disenfranchise them . |
| 25 | This would be the first example of Community rules crossing the Atlantic . |
| 26 | He said it would be the first of a series of ventures which Gooding was discussing with Japanese companies , aimed at bringing research and technology to Britain rather than just final assembly of goods . |
| 27 | Sir : The Archbishop of Canterbury would be the first to agree with you ( 2 October ) that personal generosity is a Christian duty . |
| 28 | ‘ The neighbouring countries would be the first to suffer from more general sanctions against South Africa , and for very understandable reasons have not imposed them themselves . ’ |
| 29 | If the Californian clubs progress it would be the first World Series — which starts on 14 October — between the two cities facing each other across San Francisco Bay . |
| 30 | It would be the first major peacekeeping force deployed in the Western Hemisphere . |