Example sentences of "i [verb] [pos pn] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Raschid who is here today was President and I attended with my own Table Chairman at that time David who not only encouraged me to attend my first A G M but encouraged me to get involved involved in ri in Round Table right from the very onset .
2 It was n't a fortune but was enough to help me buy my first flat and first TV .
3 Advice from England No 2 Lawrie McMenemy has helped me survive my first crisis as a manager .
4 This document is nice and clear plain English , but quite frankly some of the replies and some of the er , er things understood by the public , can we ensure that we do use plain English , I 've got no criticism with this , this is okay , but when we get the replies to our customers erm that we service can we use plain English , that 's my first point , do you want to respond or can I make my second one ?
5 The front door was locked , and that was when I made my first acquaintance with a venerable traditional figure , the sereno , an old man with a stick , a big brass badge and a large bunch of keys .
6 But the old market square was still there , the ferry to North Shields ; Ocean Road , the Town Hall , the Library , Trow Rocks , the sands , the pier … . ft was on the pier that I made my first stumbling attempts to start writing poetry on my own again ; my very own poetry :
7 We did not make a direct trip for we took the train to London , then I made my first underground journey to Finsbury Park , the most northerly point on the tube at that time .
8 In these labs I made my first acquaintance with physics , scattering iron filings on a paper placed over a magnet to produce a pattern which I then had to reproduce in an exercise book .
9 She seated me on her right , and I made my first direct pass as soon as we sat down .
10 He goes on with self-glorifying statements like , ‘ I made my first tube amplifier in 1957 ’ .
11 I was about fifteen ; I made my first record and I started playing in nightclubs and I had my first drink .
12 I was 19 and still studying at RADA when I made my first TV appearance .
13 Somehow , even at the age of five when I made my first visits to Colchester Zoo , I felt they stood out from other birds .
14 During the reception I made my first major mistake .
15 Because I happened to be fluent in French , I was promoted 11 months later to loan officer and assigned to the French-speaking Arab countries of North Africa , where I made my first international calls .
16 I brought a keyboard and an eight-track machine , and Juan and I set it up in my apartment on campus , even though we were n't supposed to play music loud.Then I made my first record , Triangle Of Love .
17 And some silly woman crashed her tray to the floor just as I made my second entrance — disgraceful ! ’
18 I made my second journey to Cosford in 1980 , an Olympic year — though I had no aspirations in that direction .
19 A month later , I made my third trip to Rhodesia .
20 The organist and I finished more or less together and I turned to him for reassurance as I announced my next song : ‘ And now , ‘ ’ Summer Time' ’ . '
21 I mean his first touch is decent he 's gone past there 's a suggestion I think that he he could have gone down .
22 No I mean your first name .
23 I did n't take offence , nor did I think her last question the non sequitur of a schizophrenic — Chineseness had everything to do with financial acumen — but she was treating me with the politeness she would accord a stranger who was her equal .
24 If so , you will sympathise with my own feelings when I unearthed my first coin dating from the English Civil War : a Charles I shilling , probably minted in Oxford in 1642 .
25 But more surprises were in store as I unearthed my first Roman coin .
26 I fought my first general election campaign in 1955 , with eagerness and enthusiasm .
27 I met her last year , you know . ’
28 I met my first boyfriend when I was in the fifth year at school , and we were together for six years .
29 My career was shaped , I suppose , when I sold my first sweater to a smart shop in Stratford at the tender age of sixteen .
30 I got yer second name and it was easy after that . ’
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