Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] i [vb past] [pos pn] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was on one of these weekend trips to Regina that I wrote my first outside interview for the paper — an interview with John Philip Sousa . |
| 2 | I was rather disappointed with slip stitch when I bought my first machine . |
| 3 | But it was in Colchester Park that I had my first lesson in conservation in microcosm , if you like . |
| 4 | Prices ( including flights ) based on the Taj Holiday Village where I stayed my first week start at £566 per person for seven days ' bed and breakfast ( £738 for fourteen days ) . |
| 5 | I was about fifteen ; I made my first record and I started playing in nightclubs and I had my first drink . |
| 6 | When I reached the pit bottom , there was approximately three feet of water at the pit bottom and I had my first experience of water in the mines . |
| 7 | Even today , decades after I saw my first such microscope slide , I still think them extravagantly beautiful and can easily get lost in contemplation of the cellular thicket the microscope reveals , made the more intriguing by the curious , almost three-dimensional effect the stain gives ; as it brings into vision only a few of the total population of the neurons present , the cells seem to stand out like trees in a winter mist ( Figure 10.6 ) . |
| 8 | The problem with my files would have been solved if I had been using an IBM machine — but they were way beyond my price range when I bought my first computer . |
| 9 | ‘ I suppose I really understood what was at stake when I got my first glimpse of the castle , ’ she admitted , unable to disguise a rather wry smile . |
| 10 | It is now 4 years since I gave my first remedy in an LM potency and it has become my preferred method of prescribing for a number of reasons 1 ) No decision has to be made on potency level i.e. whether 6 , 30 , 200 , etc is indicated . |
| 11 | Hamilton and I spent our last night in Rome at a very respectable hotel on the Via Garibaldi , near the high walls of the prison . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 : |
| 14 | When we were seated facing each other again she gave me a ball of pink wool and a pair of knitting needles and I had my first lesson in how to knit properly without dropping stitches . |
| 15 | Women wept as Barry Ryan , in a moving tribute to his twin , said : ‘ You were at my first breath and I felt your last breath , we should smile at such perfect symmetry . ’ |
| 16 | But more surprises were in store as I unearthed my first Roman coin . |
| 17 | I was 19 and still studying at RADA when I made my first TV appearance . |
| 18 | It was only when I was in Holland that I had my first serious doubts that I might actually fail and have to marry Janice — in which case there was no way I would wish to claim custody . ’ |
| 19 | If Bill 's leg went according to form he should be back in town for his first follow-up clinic when I started my second all-day shift with its row of free evenings . |
| 20 | It was only after moving to Llanberis that I did my next winter route in Wales — a quick solo of Sinister Gully . |
| 21 | It is 40 years ago this summer since I bought my first knitting machine . |
| 22 | Presumably it 's also a lot to do with isolation , a lot to do with the fact that there was no one to talk to about the sexual experiences you were having and the only surrounding attitude was one of , ‘ This is something which should n't happen ’ , whereas the situation when I had my first sexual experience was one where I knew other people who were gay whom I could talk to . |
| 23 | I had been something like eighteen years in the ordained ministry before I preached my first sermon on Mary . |
| 24 | But the path took me back into darkness and I felt my first real twinge of panic . |
| 25 | I suffered what erm is known from as postnatal depression after I had my second baby . |
| 26 | By now , rather than dreaming of becoming Regius Professor of History , I was planning my speech to the cameras when I won my first Open Championship . |
| 27 | I was deeply imbued with the historic and cultural spells of this monumental structure when I took my first walk round the cloisters of the inner courtyard , whose first-floor gallery , open to the sky , is beautifully panelled and wainscoted . |
| 28 | 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' ’ . ' |
| 29 | Regular readers will know that I have been a fan of Stephen Coonts since I reviewed his first novel Flight of the Intruder ( now a major ( ? ) film , as they say , though I 'd make do with the book if I were you ) . |
| 30 | I saw no signs and had gone a few miles before I saw my first human being . |