Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I told you I want to install the first tube of the bridge next March or thereabouts , what 'd you say ? ’ |
| 2 | On a personal note , may I say that when I want to hear the Fourth Symphony for pleasure , which is relatively speaking often , I turn not to Munch or Dutoit but to an old tape I have from 1954 of the much underrated Albert Wolff conducting the Swedish Radio Orchestra . |
| 3 | She says it 's hard work having to think of other ways of getting around — having always to take into consideration the bus timetables — I ca n't arrange to meet friends unless there 's a bus at that time and coming home — leaving the pubs — I have to drink up quickly if I want to catch the last bus home . |
| 4 | I realize I am too awake to fall back asleep but I manage to make the fourth minute take longer than the previous three to count out , or finally |
| 5 | I determined to spend the first part of my prison leisure working out my reasons for knowing I was right . |
| 6 | I went to court the next morning , was refused bail and was remanded to Holloway . |
| 7 | Er on appointment , like other recruits , I had to serve the first month on night duty . |
| 8 | I hit the first man with the wooden end of my gun and he fell down , but I had to shoot the second man . |
| 9 | I resolved to take the first thing that came along and from that base to look further afield if need be . |
| 10 | The second bit I 've seen but I need to see the first bit . |
| 11 | And now I have to interrupt the first bit of pleasure I 've been able to take in I do n't know how long and put you all to right . |
| 12 | I have to avoid the last period on the second Friday in October , which is when the First Church of Christ the Spiritualist celebrates ‘ the rich goodness of God 's vegetables ’ . |
| 13 | I felt that he thought I wanted to run the last leg for the glory . |