Example sentences of "[num ord] thing i [verb] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , the first thing I noticed is that it omits the date of birth . |
| 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 | The first thing I think is ‘ Uh oh , Galilei , your rear end is in a pasta maker now ’ . |
| 4 | Every time I come back from my holidays , the first thing I open is the premium bond win . |
| 5 | ‘ The first thing I want is a bath , ’ said Kenichi Horie after coming ashore on the southern island of Okinawa . |
| 6 | The first thing I feel is cold ; it seeps into my skin , soaks my limbs . |
| 7 | Comfort , to me , means warmth , and whenever I change homes the first thing I do is make it as warm as possible . |
| 8 | And the first thing I do is call you . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ The first thing I do is break his arm , ’ he announced . |
| 10 | The first thing I do is check the stocks , followed by date returns and er , you know , erm , get that done , out of the way , and start looking at the , of the night , and what have you , setting that up , and maybe the late night process , hand over from the branch manager , walk round doing any detail he wants me to do , and hand over from late nights . |
| 11 | I get up in the morning , first thing I do is light a cigarette . |
| 12 | Right , I , the first thing I do is go out and sweep it off the road then , I ca n't , I just ca n't remember |
| 13 | The first thing I notice is the quietness — helped along , admittedly , by carpets in many parts of the building . |
| 14 | The last thing I remember is Matt The Tube from Jim Rose 's Circus Sideshow getting a loud cheer as he pulled a straw from his nose with a pair of pliers . |
| 15 | 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 ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ The last thing I need is to keep arguing with the chairman . |
| 17 | ‘ The last thing I need is some husband-hunting female , scarcely out of the schoolroom , who thinks this is going to be some sort of pleasure cruise ! ’ |
| 18 | We are determined to make it work — the last thing I want is to be a laughing stock among local farmers if I fail . ’ |
| 19 | The last thing I want is to impale this dancing , living creature upon the stake of meaning . |
| 20 | The last thing I want is for the case to be closed . |
| 21 | Lewis said yesterday : ‘ The last thing I want is to get the title outside the ring . |
| 22 | The last thing I want is to upset him or the family — I ca n't bear hurting people — but I 'm harmless ; you can tell him that ! ’ |
| 23 | The last thing I want is for them to be used as pawns in political games of chess to suit the personal ambitions of politicians . |
| 24 | The very last thing I note is which direction a swim faces and for this I carry a small compass . |
| 25 | The next thing I remember is coming to on the canal bank , and a man bending over me asking if I was all right . |
| 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 | The next thing I remember is standing on the motorway verge , waving for help . |
| 28 | The next thing I recall is hearing Daniel 's screams and going looking for him . |
| 29 | But the next thing I do is buy a case on Famagusta Instant Golden Enriched Noodles . |