Example sentences of "i [vb base] [pron] be [art] first " in BNC.
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1 | I mean we were the first show to put Demis Roussos on . |
2 | Er of course it 's , it 's , it 's I think it 's more longwinded than er I mean it 's the first time you 've fully got into it , and it 's more longwinded than the fifteen minutes allows you erm but I , I thought you were doing quite well to be honest . |
3 | Well I mean it 's the first position ever of such sort . |
4 | I believe he was the first westerner to make contact with the Dalai Lama , who became a great friend . |
5 | I guess I was the first person to develop the idea of the modular system : ie. everything from the preamp to the power amp was modular . |
6 | I guess it was the first time really in my life I 'd been totally left on my own . |
7 | I suppose we were the first people in the 1960s to target our market and bring to people things that were well designed at an affordable price . |
8 | I mean I suppose it is the first time , it 's the only film of its type , you , you know what I 'm getting at , it 's exactly the same thing we , we tried very hard to avoid in the access guide , actually being able to say what instead of just saying you know |
9 | I bet I 'm the first to realise ! |
10 | I , I bet , I bet i I bet it 's the first time in your life you felt shi , yes come on ! |
11 | That 's right and I believe , well I think he was the first goalkeeper to throw the ball out . |
12 | I think it 's the first birdie I 've made there for about nine years , ’ he said . |
13 | I think it 's the first time she 'd actually seen Oliver look clean . |
14 | This year I think it 's the first week in July we have set aside for this purpose . |
15 | I think it is the first time he actually worked hard . |
16 | yes , that 's right I think it were the first ones to come out |
17 | I think it was the first time you really spoke to me . |