1.   I have a habit of turning it off as soon as I hear the first commercial.

2.   American Express tapped her to do the first commercial for their Optima True Grace card.

3.   As an unknown researcher at the NIH, Venter became interested in sequencing human DNA, particularly after the first commercial sequencing machines became available.

4.   A good example is an ad for the Mercury Grand Marquis, the first commercial in years for the car, which has a stable of loyal buyers.

5.   A lot of the pregame ad hype focused on the Intel spots, the first interactive commercial on TV.

6.   A week later, Wilson wrote the script for his first commercial attacking Ms. Brown as soft on crime.

7.   After showing the Doles, the first commercial presents shots of interracial Republican couples.

8.   Bud Light supplied the laughs with three different and equally hilarious spots, and it led off as the first commercial after kickoff.

9.   Finally, the first commercial has arrived.

10.   For Ikea, Deutsch ran what may have been the first national commercial featuring two actors portraying a gay male couple.