Example sentences of "i [verb] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Later , because of my own initiative in originating the idea , I became the first Radio Editor in Canada , which meant writing a daily column about radio programmes , stars , and networks .
2 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 .
3 I walked in through the door and , feeling a bit lost , I asked the first person I saw if he knew whether the Social Secretary was around .
4 No erm well I , I mean the first day er in the , the mor
5 I mean the first couple of days , we spent a lot of time just trying to cool people down and and stop them panicking and er and stop them going over the top .
6 Yeah but like think about it , first , I mean the first couple of tapes of people like saying oh yeah , so then we had sex , and then we gave him a blow job !
7 I mean the first time at a lower level something appeared , I shaded half a square
8 Yeah it is , I mean the first time I bought it
9 On one of these trips to London when I was at school , good when we went with the Brownies , I went two or three times and er , one time when I was a bit older , I mean the first time I went as I say I was only about seven , but , when I was a bit older I went again , they said if
10 But I mean the first step is always the hardest .
11 I got the first ferry I could after I heard …
12 … 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 .
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 I got the first shot in : one good punch .
15 However , I had hardly got started before I got the first complaint .
16 Once I found the first publisher , it just snowballed . ’
17 It was one reason why I caught the first flight home .
18 When I say the first floor , I 'm talking about the ground floor and the first floor , you know ?
19 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 .
20 times , I forget the first time I had her .
21 In March 1951 , I reported the first immunization of children with live attenuated polio type II virus at a meeting of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in Hershey , Pennsylvania .
22 Under that system I used the first term almost entirely as a preparation for the teaching practice itself .
23 Clamping one of these rulers to the board and keeping both rulers together , I cut the first groove , and then widen the groove by putting a shim between the rulers .
24 The director said ‘ Action ’ , the sound recordist said ‘ Running ’ , the assistant cameraman said ‘ One forty-five take one ’ , and I put the first question — how did he think the war would have gone if he 'd started it with the 300 U-boats he 'd asked for in 1938 ?
25 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
26 ‘ The way I played the first set was not me , not my usual game .
27 I imagine the first reprint would have been erm
28 I scored the first time after eight minutes .
29 I await the first sighting of this crucial volume with the awed anticipation of a Crusader waiting for the Holy Grail to arrive through the post .
30 Shortly after Christmas I received the first batch of rereleases from the Savoy label , or rather from the Nippon Columbia Co .
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