Example sentences of "[pron] think the first [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think the first clue I had that I might still be on the team was when your mum pitched up to inspect the body . ’ |
| 2 | I think the first evidence we have of that , is when Brocklehurst has placed her on the stool and publicly humiliated her . |
| 3 | Can I just just just move on cos I think the first thing we 're gon na pick up on this is this entitlement business again . |
| 4 | What the Russians want is technical help and equipment , now our own industry is in decline er yes , particularly in machine tool industry , and I think the first thing we should do is to go over there and see what it is they actually needed , what they actually need right now , er one of your previous er correspondence , er speaker turned round and said well they 've got half finished buildings and things like that , I mean er , people have got to be put to work because people in co-ordinate employment is the only source of real wealth , but the market economy is n't interested in promoting real wealth , I mean it 's only interested in what it can get out of an economy not what it gives . |
| 5 | I think the first thing you 're going to need from any candidate is that they 're going to have to believe in Europe . |
| 6 | ‘ I think the first thing I tend to do ’ , said an area supervisor , ‘ is … to look at the normal working standards normally applied and see whether they would be adequate to protect the river ; and you then take into account the flow , the volume of the discharge or the rate of flow of the discharge and the volume . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I think the first thing I saw was the isolation of each . |
| 8 | I think the first answer I must give you is , is simply in terms of my personal biography . |
| 9 | ‘ I think the first time they 'd felt they must accept an honest mistake . |
| 10 | I think the first time I saw Day At The Beach they had it written on the wrong strings . |
| 11 | I think the first time I remember that I thought , Lord that just looked like a dance advertised through the window . |
| 12 | Meg , I think the first time I met you was when you brought a party of visitors from the British Council here , is that right ? |