Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun sg] i did [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first thing I did was to refurbish my 1973 vehicle , of course I have kept it in good order . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | With this in mind , the first thing I did was to join the Oxford Exploration Club . |
| 4 | ‘ When we arrived , the first thing I did was arrange a flight to somewhere else . |
| 5 | So the first thing I did was to spend ten years with the Royal Shakespeare Company ! |
| 6 | The first thing I did was to get used to it . |
| 7 | The first thing I did was ask Posi to scan its contents . |
| 8 | The first thing I did was get on the phone to her . |
| 9 | ‘ First thing I did was to try to get us organized to leave again . |
| 10 | 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. |
| 11 | 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 … . |
| 12 | 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 . |