Example sentences of "the [num ord] thing i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second thing I noticed was the friendliness of the people , the spontaneity of their welcome and their kindness to all the athletes who gathered there . |
| 2 | Right erm a lot of good things there erm empathy is I think the second thing I wrote down on , on the strength , brilliant very see that obviously open up erm there was interest in what I was doing , you , you were confident . |
| 3 | The second thing I did n't know , she er , she worked eighteen , she worked for eighteen months in London , arrived there for a holiday , and er , from being eighteen , so sh , this now will explain why she 's quite mature as I said she 's still very young , and that . |
| 4 | The second thing I learned to cook after cakes was omelettes , which I still enjoy making , and I try all sorts of fillings — herbs , tomatoes , mushrooms . |
| 5 | The second thing I found quickly by looking at a newspaper in a coffee-shop : the day 's date . |
| 6 | The second thing I welcomed from him was the need to get away from outward Western forms in worship and adopt meaningful indigenous forms . |
| 7 | The first thing I brought was service . |
| 8 | ‘ The first thing I thought when I saw myself on video was , ‘ Gosh , do I really look that bad ? ’ ’ confides Kitty , who has the problematic body of your standard middle-aged woman : potbelly , cellulite , stretch marks . |
| 9 | ‘ The first thing I thought was , ‘ Boy , am I fat . ’ ’ |
| 10 | The first thing I thought of was that we 'd offended them in some way we did n't know — done a terrible insult to their gods or something . |
| 11 | ‘ They knew they had a hell of a battle on their hands and the first thing I stressed was that we had to fight to win the ball — and we did , ’ he said . |
| 12 | Andrew 's mother Janice , 23 , who was walking with them in nearby Haxby , said : ‘ The first thing I heard was Carol scream , then a bang . |
| 13 | Andrew 's mother Janice , 23 , who was walking with them in nearby Haxby , said : ‘ The first thing I heard was Carol scream , then a bang . |
| 14 | Well , I can tell you something ; I 'm on my own in this house from now on and I shall see to her bathing , and should he attempt to stop me , I 've told him what I 'll do ; I 'll brain him with the first thing I get my hands on . |
| 15 | The first thing I had to learn was that my parents ' use of guilt was not for my benefit but for theirs . |
| 16 | THE FIRST thing I had to do at the NME was draw a cucumber . |
| 17 | But now the first thing I saw were the lines on his face standing out like the lines on a charcoal drawing . |
| 18 | Practically the first thing I saw when I got off the train and walked along those roads again was Hairy Back and his dog , the Great Dane . |
| 19 | The first thing I saw was a batch of Biggles books , stacked beside several of their Kaiser 's War equivalents , written by a man called Percy F. Westerman . |
| 20 | ‘ I think the first thing I saw was the isolation of each . |
| 21 | When I came round my head was very bad and the first thing I saw was my father . |
| 22 | When I had reached the front , the first thing I saw was Granpa lying on the pavement , his head propped up on a box of apples and his face as white as a sheet . |
| 23 | The first thing I sent to London magazine Girl About Town , a light-hearted article about computer dating , was accepted . |
| 24 | But the first thing I 've got to say to you here and now is you 're no more capable of keeping a wife than of keeping a — ’ she seemed to search for the word , then brought out , ‘ rabbit . |
| 25 | Right , since I 've taken over my territory the first thing I 've seen , I 've got to educate my customers as in paperwork . |
| 26 | he had a biscuit with a cup of tea and he said that 's the first thing I 've had to eat |
| 27 | Yeah , the first thing I 've ever the first time I 've shaved my legs , I forgot the water . |
| 28 | The first thing I noticed as we arrived at the famous pot was a fixed caving rope leading down into the dark abyss , and I could n't resist scrambling across to peer in . |
| 29 | The first thing I noticed was the air of relaxed efficiency . |
| 30 | But driver safety was far from being Jackie 's only hobby horse and the first thing I noticed about Jackie — and I do n't think he 'll hold it against me to say so — was his incredible garrulity . |