Example sentences of "i [verb] the first " in BNC.

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1 In 1951 , when I was nineteen , I became the first home-grown sex symbol in austerity Britain .
2 Later , because of my own initiative in originating the idea , I became the first Radio Editor in Canada , which meant writing a daily column about radio programmes , stars , and networks .
3 As I now personally from one of my previous lives in nineteen eighty-two , when I became the first Director of the newly independent National Federation of Community Organisations .
4 I walked in through the door and , feeling a bit lost , I asked the first person I saw if he knew whether the Social Secretary was around .
5 I mean the first time at a lower level something appeared , I shaded half a square
6 I mean the first couple of days , we spent a lot of time just trying to cool people down and and stop them panicking and er and stop them going over the top .
7 I mean the first two the first two or three nights after and that 's like the sleeping death because it 's it 'd been so long since I had a complete nights sleep .
8 To minimize confusion , I shall use consumerism where I mean the first , and the consumer movement to denote the second .
9 I mean some people adopt the approach of trying to d do it all in about two hours just before the deadline so they do n't have time to feel self critical erm I think perhaps if you can , you know , rather than , rather than trying to do it all at once I mean the business of , of going through successive drafts of things and gradually getting them better and better , I mean the first drafts of things that I write are , are usually just scribbles on the back of a piece of paper that 's , with something else on the front
10 It was just really terrible I mean the first I was just scared stiff that I never could n't enjoy the dance on Sanday I was that scared of the thought coming back .
11 Yeah it is , I mean the first time I bought it
12 On one of these trips to London when I was at school , good when we went with the Brownies , I went two or three times and er , one time when I was a bit older , I mean the first time I went as I say I was only about seven , but , when I was a bit older I went again , they said if
13 No erm well I , I mean the first day er in the , the mor
14 No , I mean the first
15 Yeah but like think about it , first , I mean the first couple of tapes of people like saying oh yeah , so then we had sex , and then we gave him a blow job !
16 But I mean the first step is always the hardest .
17 I checked the first one on my chart — a none-too-generous position near the back and on the left .
18 I got the first shot in : one good punch .
19 I remember being thrilled when I got the first whicker of recognition from my horse and most people feel happier and more confident riding a horse they know — even if it is n't well behaved !
20 … half the year had gone , the clear smoke-free distances of early summer a thing of the past , and midsummer day over , before I got the first clue .
21 However , I had hardly got started before I got the first complaint .
22 I got the first ferry I could after I heard …
23 I got the first one except for this one .
24 Once I found the first publisher , it just snowballed . ’
25 ‘ No diet is easy and I found the first few days hard , but by the end of the first week my skin became clearer , my nails grew stronger and my hair was healthy and shining .
26 I found the first steps of the next pitch were very difficult , and the rock rather pushed one out .
27 In theory , her looks depended on the services of many employees , my hairdresser , my last hairdresser , my doctor , my other doctor who I went to when I found the first one was n't doing me any good , but with or without their attentions , Laura would always be beautiful .
28 It was one reason why I caught the first flight home .
29 Ludo catches it on his club , as I caught the first one .
30 What I 'd like to say is I think erm certainly in Scotland and in Strathclyde area that four years ago , erm the first women in transport survey was actually carried out , erm and it was carried out elsewhere in Britain and er this was as I say the first study that had been done and the results were very surprising .
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