Example sentences of "and [verb] my first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having done my first sound broadcast in the Forties and made my first television appearance in 1952 , I can remember when Lord Reith 's belief that broadcasting 's prime function was to inform , to entertain and give all sides a chance to state their case , still reigned . |
| 2 | Then I splashed out and got my first Alembic — cost me £890 in 1980 , serious cash . |
| 3 | ‘ Going out there on a new board and catching my first wave when I had n't surfed Pipeline for a year only reaffirms my confidence . ’ |
| 4 | I had to learn and to make many new things , and it was a year before I cooked and ate my first bread . |
| 5 | After joining the AIB in July 1955 and doing my first investigation on an Auster that had ditched in the Bristol Channel in August of that year , I was sent out to Tripoli , Libya in September 1955 to assist Penny Garnons-Williams ( known to many in the aviation industry as Garney Bill ) to investigate an accident to a BOAC Argonaut that had crashed at Castel Benito in a sand storm . |
| 6 | ‘ I keep telling myself that it will stand me in good stead when I 'm about 40 and doing my first Isolde ! ’ |
| 7 | I had a similar experience several years ago , when I left college and started my first job . |
| 8 | ‘ I worked for Vincent O'Brien for a year and it 's great to come back here and win my first classic , ’ said trainer John Gosden . |
| 9 | ‘ My two current ambitions are to hit the hippy trail in Southeast Asia and to get my first novel published . |
| 10 | I have now had 20 lessons , and completed my first solo flight one evening at the beginning of March . |
| 11 | In 1967 I married and had my first child . |
| 12 | I got up and , sitting at my window , looked out over the still-sleeping city , and wrote my first poem to this unknown god : |
| 13 | I was living in Mayfair and was just about to move from there and buy my first flat . |
| 14 | I take the tube and have my first puff and lean back upon the settee , my eyes closed , my legs spread slightly . |
| 15 | ‘ I came sixth and gained my first championship point ! ’ |