Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun sg] i have [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Norwich manager Dave Stringer said : ‘ This is the second time I 've lost a semi-final and it does n't get any easier to accept . |
| 2 | It was the first time I had seen a ship built from scratch and it was quite an experience to watch the steel plates being cut by their ingenious machine which controlled a cutter as it drew our the required shapes direct from the blueprint , converting everything to full scale as it cut . |
| 3 | And they started that and they were sent out to this big villa and er that was the first time I had seen a continental headboard and er we could n't understand what it was you know . |
| 4 | It was the first time I had taken a close look at him . |
| 5 | This was the first time I had used a vauDe tent and I was impressed with its performance . |
| 6 | That was the first time I 'd seen a man 's penis so clearly and my mouth and throat went dry . |
| 7 | Another 48 Hours was done out of fear because Harlem Nights was the first time I 'd had a movie that flopped . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , fishing is my hobby , but it 's the first time I 've caught a squirrel . |
| 9 | the first time I 've taken a pill for years and years and she said , my taste and my smell |
| 10 | ‘ This is the first time I 've had a chance to talk to you on your own , ’ he said thoughtfully , a speculative gleam in his hazel eyes . |
| 11 | The first time I 've had a chance to have a look through this so could I erm |
| 12 | Right okay what I this will be the first time I 've had a look at er a little bit more of your background so erm while I 'm doing that , although you may have already inside information , I I guess you 'd seen the brochure before had you ? |
| 13 | ‘ This is the first time I have made a gramophone recording at Watford — I 've done film music here , but I think the sound of this is going to be amazing , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Indeed , this is the first time I have found a photographer reveal the position he was in when he took a particularly impressive shot of slime mould , for example . |
| 15 | The next day I had to wear a long Kamiz over my trousers and have a scarf covering my head — can you imagine going to school like that … |
| 16 | By the use of the last phrase I have indicated a comparison that may possibly be drawn between Gandhi and Paul Tillich . |
| 17 | Because of a lecture I gave last weekend I 've to write a paper on how P R audits can be applied to the military which is great fun and an acknowledgement that people of a senior level were listening to my lecture but , um it 's put quite a bit of work on me . |
| 18 | The last time I had seen a white rose had been in that filthy room in the Tower . |