Example sentences of "thing [pers pn] do was " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the first thing I did was to spend ten years with the Royal Shakespeare Company ! |
| 2 | The first thing I did was to refurbish my 1973 vehicle , of course I have kept it in good order . |
| 3 | The first thing I did was to get used to it . |
| 4 | ‘ The first thing I did was close down half the company . |
| 5 | ‘ The first thing I did was clap my hands . |
| 6 | For me , as a guitar player , the first thing I did was plug my guitar in ! |
| 7 | But the last thing I did was for a guitar player in Nashville , Chip Young , who put together an album — which incidentally is getting released pretty soon — and he has ten tracks with ten different guests : local session players , myself , Chet 's on one , Grady Martin , Jerry Reed , Jerry Kennedy , Wayne Moss and various other guys , but I think guitar players out there will like it . ’ |
| 8 | I 'd read on the back of a record about open tunings , so the first thing I did was follow Elmore James and tune to D. |
| 9 | So the first thing I did was distil it down to seven pages of figures accompanied by seven pages of narrative , designed to make sure that the board was properly informed . |
| 10 | In fact the first thing I did was ring my 35-year-old daughter who has been a ‘ fitness freak ’ ever since Jane Fonda took to jumping about our TV screens and warned her not to overdo it if she intended to buy the tape — which I am certain she does . |
| 11 | ‘ I moved to London and the first thing I did was track down the nearest bloke . |
| 12 | ‘ I moved to London and the first thing I did was track down the nearest bloke . |
| 13 | They were absolutely horrid and if I went on the beach , the first thing I did was to dig a hole in the sand to put the feet in and then just stay there all day … . |
| 14 | ‘ When we arrived , the first thing I did was arrange a flight to somewhere else . |
| 15 | The first thing I did was get on the phone to her . |
| 16 | ‘ First thing I did was to try to get us organized to leave again . |
| 17 | The first thing I did was visit the capital city . |
| 18 | The first major thing I did was to have a road laid from the top , rather a long way . |
| 19 | The first thing I did was ask Posi to scan its contents . |
| 20 | With this in mind , the first thing I did was to join the Oxford Exploration Club . |
| 21 | And , unlike most story-tellers with an involvement , I was at pains to minimise my own part ; the last thing I did was boast . |
| 22 | The first thing I did was tell Harvey that the eggs and all my baggage had been stolen at the airport , but Harvey Newbegin was in one of his rich-busy-man moods and went bustling around making tutting noises for a couple of days . |
| 23 | The last thing I did was to fire the blazing stream of petrol at the buck still sitting stuffed and dead and oozing blood in the forefront of the Grounds . |
| 24 | There you were , come to save our pathetic little radio station , and just about the first thing you did was scoop that concert in Harare , and at the height of the cultural boycott , because you 'd emphasised our independent nature . |
| 25 | Er you also basically er the first thing you did was erm the second thing you mentioned was these two hurdles , the third thing you did was check when you was to proceed . |
| 26 | Er you also basically er the first thing you did was erm the second thing you mentioned was these two hurdles , the third thing you did was check when you was to proceed . |
| 27 | Er the fourth thing you did was introduction to the C C Q. |
| 28 | Remember the last thing you did was add it on , so if we say it 's two pounds , we 're back down to forty pounds that he 's got to buy units . |
| 29 | When Sarah got back to the attic bedroom in Newcastle Place the first thing she did was open the window , letting in damp , wintry air . |
| 30 | She got her assignment , and the first thing she did was leave her area and roam around the rest of the organization , talking it over with nearly everyone she could find , regardless of field , looking for new directions , new perspectives , new ways to approach it — so what she could bring back would be new and creative . |