Example sentences of "[num ord] [verb] i " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I felt kind of hopeless out there — even his second serve I had trouble with , ’ Sampras said .
2 set the pace for Austria with the , track record run of fifty seven point seven four and the second bob is fifteenth see I mean they 're , they 're , they 're fifty seven , eight for nine against fifty seven , seven , four , so I mean they 're not half a second then , I mean they were , they were first in the two man and then they dropped six after one run so
3 First suggesting I was involved in some insurance fraud and then as good as saying Mom walked out on us !
4 following the work 's experience there is a half term there , so it can either come before that or after it and I 'll do a unit and it might be on safety or , if I ca n't erm first aid I might get safety in and they 'll do it like that and we 'll fill in some units .
5 ‘ Although it infuriated me , after we first met I was unable to get you out of my mind .
6 They sent me to Cambridge for a couple of terms — that 's where I first realized I must run — I do n't want to blaspheme about one of your famous institutions so I sha n't tell you the name of my college though you 're longing to know — the girls in their bed-sitters , the cocoa-drinking , the tittle-tattle , the atmosphere of heartiness or domesticity in the combination-room — But , my dear , it must be getting late and here I am telling you things that you know as well as I do . ’
7 But even so , when Angie first materialised I suppose I was a bit put out for two or three days .
8 Before I first visited I supposed wrongly that , since the latitudes are more or less the same , the coastline would be vaguely similar to that of Maine or New Brunswick .
9 And I 'll never forget him , the first shift I went on afternoon shift .
10 But should it be that anyone ever wished to posit that I have attained at least a little of that crucial quality of ‘ dignity ’ in the course of my career , such a person may wish to be directed towards that conference of March 1923 as representing the moment when I first demonstrated I might have a capacity for such a quality .
11 When I first came I could n't stand it .
12 Well I became aware of the University of Sussex when the Gardener Centre first opened I think , because at that time I was working at the Arts Council of Great Britain and it was erm an innovative scheme which attracted a great deal of national interest , and we were naturally invited down to have a look at it , both the design and the programme that was being planned for the opening season at that time .
13 Faith , that 's the first lie I ever heard from you ! ’
14 When I first arrived I felt lost , I was wary of everything .
15 From a purely personal viewpoint , when FreeHand first arrived I took Illustrator off my hard disk , together with a couple of high-powered drawing programs .
16 I first discovered I had a breech baby at 30 weeks and by 36 weeks it was obvious she had a mind of her own and was going to stay that way .
17 hopefully it 's gon na be some form of positive response I 'm glad you should say that because if you cast your mind back to when we first talked I did say that if you were happy , and only if you 're happy ,
18 The double LP , which was released yesterday , contains 22 songs including her very first hit I Should Be So Lucky , and such great tracks as Hand On Your Heart , Tears On My Pillow and Word Is Out .
19 V.W. Yes , I mean that 's something that when I first started I would n't have said , but I 've seen over the last six years changes in the governors and the role of the governors and I sense very much so that now they want Catholic appointments .
20 When I first started I thought we 'd have tutorials and seminars ; you get three or four students and you discuss something .
21 When I first started I were getting fourteen shilling a day .
22 Cos when it first started I used to check in the Sunday paper every day but er I du n no it 's a waste of time .
23 When I had first arrived I had seen a couple of press people milling around , but now there seemed to be a whole platoon of them , cameras at the ready .
24 You know , in that horrible time when I first knew I had to have this operation .
25 ‘ Now I have got that first win I am looking for the second . ’
26 If they 'd have shown me a bit to , when we first went I would n't have ordered it .
27 And I would go in and I I never said nothing to him at first did I ? but I just could n't take it any more .
28 ‘ This was the first fight I found myself screaming .
29 It was Li Chao who first suggested I should have a Chinese name and I was both grateful and honoured when in the course of time he gave me the three-character name of Tdong Lao Fu which meant , literally , ‘ Portrait of Happy Man Climbing Mountain ’ .
30 I think if I had had more time to myself when I first retired I would n't have made that mistake and would have looked for interests nearer home .
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