Example sentences of "i [vb base] [verb] my [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I want to win my first GP and better myself further . |
| 2 | and I remember doing my first , one of my first essays erm saying that I did n't think they were and all that they were erm was the fact that er er of and you said to me at the end that 's fine as far you 've argued it but I think you 'll change your views as you go on and I do n't know if I have . |
| 3 | I do remember my first sight of the Palace of the Winds , a seemingly immense building , reddish in colour , its front pierced by row above row of latticed windows . |
| 4 | I 'll marry one when I 've made my first million , and we 'll run an enormous model farm . |
| 5 | I 've finished my 573rd . |
| 6 | I 've enjoyed my first year as a pro despite everything . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've enjoyed my first year as a pro despite everything , ’ he says . |
| 8 | ‘ Not until after I 've had my first sip of coffee , ’ she said . |
| 9 | For all those who scoffed at the idea of my mastering anything complex like Excel , I 'm pleased to say that I 've bought my first copy , and it 's nothing like as hard as I thought . |
| 10 | ‘ But I 've been travelling hopefully in the meanwhile , ’ he said , ‘ and I 've got my first catalogue and two books ready . ’ |
| 11 | I have done my last charity ball . |
| 12 | In fact , I have done my last charity performance ever . |
| 13 | After I have given my first three preferences to Apple , Banana and Cherry my fourth preference , if I express one , will count only if Apple , Banana and Cherry have been either elected or eliminated . |
| 14 | I have given my third and fourth preferences to candidates who , if not exactly " worthless " , know as well as I do they have no chance of being elected . |
| 15 | Can not you see him as well as myself ; Is he not sitting behind me at the bed 's head , to seize upon me for his victim , as soon as I have breathed my last ? ’ |
| 16 | He drank every last drop and then announced , ‘ I have finished my last glass . ’ |
| 17 | I have pricked my first blister , squeezed out the fluid , and dabbed it with surgical spirit . |