Example sentences of "i [verb] my first " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 : |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She seated me on her right , and I made my first direct pass as soon as we sat down . |
| 6 | He goes on with self-glorifying statements like , ‘ I made my first tube amplifier in 1957 ’ . |
| 7 | I was about fifteen ; I made my first record and I started playing in nightclubs and I had my first drink . |
| 8 | I was 19 and still studying at RADA when I made my first TV appearance . |
| 9 | Somehow , even at the age of five when I made my first visits to Colchester Zoo , I felt they stood out from other birds . |
| 10 | During the reception I made my first major mistake . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | But more surprises were in store as I unearthed my first Roman coin . |
| 15 | I fought my first general election campaign in 1955 , with eagerness and enthusiasm . |
| 16 | I met my first boyfriend when I was in the fifth year at school , and we were together for six years . |
| 17 | My career was shaped , I suppose , when I sold my first sweater to a smart shop in Stratford at the tender age of sixteen . |
| 18 | When I got my first job out of training it was at Worthing in a juvenile leading role and I got my Equity card because I had been chosen . |
| 19 | South bank as well 'cause that 's where I started , where I got my first board ever . |
| 20 | I got my first taste of the Masters with Tom . |
| 21 | Like many visitors before me , I got my first taste of Greece on crete , the largest and most southerly of the Greek islands . |
| 22 | I got my first into the sea close off Sliema and the second was on the way out some miles further out and he went in without a top wing . |
| 23 | I had really long hair once , it was way past my bum and when I got my first record deal they wanted me to have it all cut off — it was a total disaster . |
| 24 | And it was n't a shock when I got my first hit record because I was trying for that all our lives and so she backed me all the way . |
| 25 | I got my first borstal when I was about eighteen for assault on another girl . |
| 26 | Er and I , I do n't know whether that was where I got my first idea of being a nurse . |
| 27 | When I got my first laser printer many moons ago , my bank manager almost had a heart attack . |
| 28 | After acquiring the relevant paper qualifications in 1979 I got my first sales and marketing job in 1980 . |
| 29 | On the first Thursday , I got my first dose of an ‘ on-call ’ period . |
| 30 | That 's when I got my first big shock of the night for the caller was none other than Danny himself ! |