Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | To minimize confusion , I shall use consumerism where I mean the first , and the consumer movement to denote the second . |
| 2 | ‘ So I did the first album , ‘ Never Look Back ’ , and it did really well . |
| 3 | Once I found the first publisher , it just snowballed . ’ |
| 4 | " But I suppose one of us ought to stay awake ; and if I take the first turn it 'll give me a chance to have a look at your paw , Hlao-roo . |
| 5 | I put er er if I put the first letter of it , er er it 's S that 'll search it and it 'll say Sarah work |
| 6 | After crossing several fields I turned down to the right to follow a metalled road for a while until I reached the first real treat of the day , the Roman road . |
| 7 | Cos I read the first one as well . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Because I think the first question to ask is , just what is this all about ? |
| 10 | But before I take the first step out of here , I think I 'll feel pretty good about the knowledge and inquisitive spirit I 've been able to share and the doors I 've helped open . |
| 11 | … half the year had gone , the clear smoke-free distances of early summer a thing of the past , and midsummer day over , before I got the first clue . |
| 12 | However , I had hardly got started before I got the first complaint . |
| 13 | I remember being thrilled when I got the first whicker of recognition from my horse and most people feel happier and more confident riding a horse they know — even if it is n't well behaved ! |
| 14 | One survivor says : ‘ When I saw the first bomb fall , I knew that it was going to be a bad day for America ’ . |
| 15 | I think , because I had been working on Armchair Theatre , I was used to a certain style of drama , so when I saw the first Doctor Who script my first reaction was , after the first half hour , all we were left with was a lot of hairy-chested cavemen jumping around , grunting and going ‘ Ug ’ . |
| 16 | I was struck when I attended the first conference on corporate governance after the draft Cadbury Report was published . |
| 17 | And that was a fortnight ago when I had the first scan . |
| 18 | Air temperature was 15 ° C at 8.00 pm , just before complete darkness , when I heard the first voices in an extensively flooded field . |
| 19 | As I now personally from one of my previous lives in nineteen eighty-two , when I became the first Director of the newly independent National Federation of Community Organisations . |
| 20 | erm when I went the first year I looked at them . |
| 21 | When I say the first floor , I 'm talking about the ground floor and the first floor , you know ? |
| 22 | When I did the first two talks , Dawn was n't trained enough to fly , though on the second she did manage a short hop , but by the time this big lecture came along she was flying on the creance . |
| 23 | Yet when I placed the first hot pad on to the boy 's twisted left leg he seemed not to feel any pain ; I supposed the pain of the spasms had made him impervious to a lesser pain . |
| 24 | When I read the first six words of that I thought , good Lord , we 're going to get a bit of policy here and but no , no , none of it . |
| 25 | As I assume the first year warranty will soon be over , I suggest you have the problem investigated . |
| 26 | Fenella must have heard me , as she appeared at her door as I reached the first landing . |
| 27 | Yeah well er there as I said the first er compartment after at the door is the water tanks . |
| 28 | I had dropped my bag as I hit the first man , but that did n't matter . |
| 29 | What I 'd like to say is I think erm certainly in Scotland and in Strathclyde area that four years ago , erm the first women in transport survey was actually carried out , erm and it was carried out elsewhere in Britain and er this was as I say the first study that had been done and the results were very surprising . |
| 30 | As I say the first one that was found had to , it was his turn to be on next . |