Example sentences of "[verb] i be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believed I was the first anthropologist in France to understand what this means . |
| 2 | I mean listen I 'm the first person to talk in in support of body piercing I look I have parts of my body pierced I like it but I do n't think standing around the street corners sort of revealing it is a nice thing to do . |
| 3 | As it happened I was the first to reach the meeting place , and soon , four others turned up . |
| 4 | When I made love to you , and then , even more devastating , discovered I was the first , that you 'd chosen me to be your first lover , it was like … capturing the castle , stealing the Crown Jewels … ’ |
| 5 | And then she said , darling , you know I 'm the last person to be a prude , but his reputation … there must be fire , there 's so much smoke . |
| 6 | I guess I was the first person to develop the idea of the modular system : ie. everything from the preamp to the power amp was modular . |
| 7 | I bet I 'm the first to realise ! |
| 8 | I do not suppose I am the first naive monolinguist who thought he could pick up the language on the street , somehow acquiring it passively just by basking in the babble of the market , like getting a tan . |
| 9 | ‘ You out with your latest mistress , running into the last , though I do n't suppose I was the last . |
| 10 | Heaven itself opened up for me when we made love and I knew I was the first man in your life . |
| 11 | I think I am the last British poop artist because the total effort of all groups now in 1990 is to be as international as possible … but I 'm not a part of it . |
| 12 | You think I 'm the first girl ever to meet a man in secret ? |
| 13 | I think I 'm the last person he 's seeing . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm proud to say I 'm the first member of my family to join the Labour Party . |