Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] [adv] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , when you lay them down the first card is laid on the M of mutus and the second on the m of nomen . |
| 2 | It is important because if you do buy something from a shop and realize there 's something wrong with it , if you take it back the first thing the shop would say to you is can I see your receipt ? |
| 3 | No , oh you had it right the first time , oh no you did n't , you need a face , find a face , look . |
| 4 | ‘ Why could n't you say it quietly the first time ? |
| 5 | I remember him relating it again the first time I returned to see him after gaining my first post as butler — to a Mr and Mrs Muggeridge in their relatively modest house in Allshot , Oxfordshire . |