Example sentences of "i [verb] a first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I produced a first version of that track in a week and they had it on the TV the next night ! |
| 2 | Through the dingy gloom of this motionless train , I catch a first glimpse of my fellow travellers . |
| 3 | The ground felt as I imagined a first world war battlefield might feel — all pits and trenches — but dry . |
| 4 | It 's interesting , actually , since I teach a first year class of biologists , where we do have rather more girls than boys , that erm as a class it works very well , possibly better than some of our own chemistry classes where there are fewer girls , and I do n't know whether this is because of the mix or not . |
| 5 | ‘ When I win a first set like that , I panic . ’ |
| 6 | And I won a first prize so I said , . |
| 7 | ‘ I had a first cousin called Lady Ursula Talbot who had an enormous nose . |
| 8 | I had a first class team of managers , with Eric Newton as head of the engineering section — he had been doing the job for years before I even joined the Branch — and Dick Westlake , who was a former colleague in KLM , as one Principal Inspector . |
| 9 | Following a telephone conversation in late February in which Mr. expressed possible BWB interest in collaborating on a project to repair certain sections of the towpath , I had a first site meeting with him on 5th March . |
| 10 | I wanted to see , feel and experience the country with no influence from any other source , I wanted a first impression . |
| 11 | Now let me try a first question on you . |