Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] first time " in BNC.

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1 He said to Paul , you 've done , cos , I think first time he painted it , Paul , he had to paint it wi windows shut , they would n't open window .
2 I said first time I came .
3 We should never have got rid of the little Fiat we used to have which started first time every time and if anything did go wrong you could fix it with an elastic band or a bit of string , Gianluigi used to say , although personally I 'm hopeless with machinery .
4 He smiled reassuringly as he started up the engine , which obliged first time .
5 All Witney 's hard work was rewarded six minutes from time ; Mark Walton done brilliantly to keep the ball in play the slipped the ball back to Paul Lewis who crossed first time , and there was Steve Jenkins to head home and snatch a well-deserved point .
6 Now why did you leave first time ?
7 and er , she said my eyes really sparkled she said first time I 've seen them sparkle for a long while so I was right chuffed about that .
8 Now for another session of free sailing — filling in the places you missed first time .
9 Where did we go first time ?
10 It starts first time , every time , ’ she says of her Citroen AX .
11 Does it clear first time ?
12 Up until Lavery 's strike — he pulled first time from an acute angle — Armagh had huffed and puffed against a Mayo side that relied too heavily on a few individuals .
13 Shoving the key in the ignition , she twisted it , and , much to her surprise — and perhaps disappointment ? — it started first time .
14 Paula 's a lot better he slept first time last night right through without
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