Example sentences of "and the [num ord] thing i " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the coldest time of the year and the first thing I insisted on was having a telephone . |
| 2 | I get told off by my girlfriend because I wake up in the morning and the first thing I say is , ‘ Flippin' heck , have you sent those newsletters off yet ? . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ I moved to London and the first thing I did was track down the nearest bloke . |
| 6 | ‘ I moved to London and the first thing I did was track down the nearest bloke . |
| 7 | And the first thing I do is call you . ’ |
| 8 | Into the Movie Editor , and the first thing I want to do is get that background onto the screen . |
| 9 | When I came round my head was very bad and the first thing I saw was my father . |
| 10 | A fresh pair of eyes of a relative new boy and the first thing I noticed was my family 's reaction . |
| 11 | And the first thing I have to say a about the way the the place runs , is that it does n't run like an ordinary museum , nor does it run like and ordinary house . |
| 12 | And erm he actually , he , he started off and , and was very nervous but the summing up of it was , was brilliant erm and I , I would n't put it across as well as what he did but the principle of it was that he , he suddenly turned round and said right I have now changed my job , right , you are now looking at the new managing director of Friends Provident , he says , and the first thing I am going to do is I 'm cutting all your wages to eighty five pounds a week , what are you going to do about it ? |
| 13 | And the third thing I wanted to say is we 've got one or two handouts for you which are on the front table at the moment , about various broadcasting situations and press releases , the three coloured bits of paper . |
| 14 | A police-horse running towards me at speed , shouts of terror from women in the crowd ; I fall down from fear and weakness — and the last thing I hear is a man shouting near me — ‘ Our day will come ! ’ |
| 15 | I already had two children , and the last thing I wanted was a third . |
| 16 | As far as I was concerned , men and boys constituted a separate species , with whom I had nothing in common , and the last thing I wanted to do ( had I given the matter any thought ) was to arouse their interest , which I feared might be predatory . |
| 17 | When I 'm not making programmes or writing articles about food , I run a very busy pub from early in the morning to the wee small hours — and the last thing I want to do then is cook a meal . ’ |
| 18 | My friends said she 's trouble and the last thing I should have done was let her move in and I was a bloody fool not to believe them . |
| 19 | I know you had a terrible time and the last thing I meant to do was to upset you . |
| 20 | I 'm making her kick , trying to get her to shake or swat them off , and the last thing I need at this point is for her to panic , in which case I can certainly kiss the whole blessed contract bye-bye . |
| 21 | I was glad he chose to wear it , for otherwise , in his shirt-sleeves and braces walking between us , it could have been mistaken for an arrest or at least a ‘ helping with inquiries ’ and the last thing I wanted was a street riot . |
| 22 | And the last thing I need in my life right now is a madman . ’ |
| 23 | I know I am being stupid and the last thing I want to be is a possessive mother . |
| 24 | and the last thing I wanted to do was give , give erm give you anything because |
| 25 | It 's quite surprising really , because you see the dockers at Sharpness are not a militant bunch anyway and the last thing I anticipated was a walk out by their guys this morning . |
| 26 | Then he hit me with the butt of his gun and the next thing I remember is coming round to find my colleagues crouched anxiously beside me . |
| 27 | He slipped something in my wine and the next thing I knew was that we were on the Continent . |
| 28 | And the next thing I could be on to drugs , you know er , putting heroin in me arm , I could be doing anything . |
| 29 | And the next thing I know as this banging on the door ! |
| 30 | We were out of our depth in the sea , and I suppose we forgot to tread water in the excitement of the moment and the next thing I knew , we were both submerged and choking and spluttering as we pushed our way back to the surface . |