Example sentences of "[verb] my [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lincoln rapidly became my second favourite town , largely because of its fabulous cathedral . |
| 2 | As he sat there , that 's when I got my first real look at John Russell . |
| 3 | I got my first borstal when I was about eighteen for assault on another girl . |
| 4 | That 's when I got my first big shock of the night for the caller was none other than Danny himself ! |
| 5 | Watching the kestrel was a great experience , but life was still very frustrating for me because my mother understandably would n't let me wander very far afield , and I was n't going to see my first real live wild owl in Colchester Park ! |
| 6 | With a bit of luck I 'll actually get to see my first competitive Leeds match next Wednesday v the Arse at Highbury . |
| 7 | Thought you ought to see my first published letter — in its edited & unedited versions . |
| 8 | I fought my first general election campaign in 1955 , with eagerness and enthusiasm . |
| 9 | During the reception I made my first major mistake . |
| 10 | Because I happened to be fluent in French , I was promoted 11 months later to loan officer and assigned to the French-speaking Arab countries of North Africa , where I made my first international calls . |
| 11 | She seated me on her right , and I made my first direct pass as soon as we sat down . |
| 12 | We did not make a direct trip for we took the train to London , then I made my first underground journey to Finsbury Park , the most northerly point on the tube at that time . |
| 13 | But the old market square was still there , the ferry to North Shields ; Ocean Road , the Town Hall , the Library , Trow Rocks , the sands , the pier … . ft was on the pier that I made my first stumbling attempts to start writing poetry on my own again ; my very own poetry : |
| 14 | But more surprises were in store as I unearthed my first Roman coin . |
| 15 | They have a very special significance , and how I wish I had known how to press flowers when I was given my first red roses by my husband , but unfortunately I learnt a few years too late ! |
| 16 | I had won my first major title . |
| 17 | I found my second Civil War relic by detecting on the slight traces of such an earthwork after reading the above passage in the book . |
| 18 | Soon after starting my search I found my first good hammered — the Edward half-groat illustrated . |
| 19 | It was when I was fifteen or sixteen that I committed my first big offence . |
| 20 | An all-glass tank was therefore an obvious choice and here I received my first pleasant surprise but more of this later . |
| 21 | After a series of goldfish bowls and acid jars at 10 years old I received my first proper aquarium a 30″ × 12″ × 12″ steel frame tank for my birthday . |
| 22 | I have now had my second Chinese haircut , and am looking a suitably shorn lamb , but still bearded , and therefore sufficiently odd from the Chinese point of view . |
| 23 | Tomorrow , I would have my first real taste of desert . |
| 24 | I guess my first proper date was an invitation to a finals night school ball . |
| 25 | AT the age of 14 I was having my first sexual relationship — with a married man who was also a father-to-be . |
| 26 | When I rode Docklands Express in his work , I was thinking I would probably be having my fourth Grand National ride on Bonanza Boy — then there were reports of rain across the country , which made me feel quite satisfied to be on Martin Pipe 's runner . |
| 27 | But the path took me back into darkness and I felt my first real twinge of panic . |
| 28 | where you kept my first cautionary letters . |
| 29 | I do n't suppose my first real piece for the paper was exactly world-shattering . |
| 30 | Crossbills and red squirrels showered stripped pinecones around me , and I saw my first crested tits , trapezing in the canopy . |