Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least , this human being loyally follows me around the place , keeps tabs on me and rings me up the whole time . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It was the fact that he felt he had done it right the first time and not nearly as well the second time . |
| 4 | Should n't have really warmed it up the first time . |
| 5 | Presumably one reason why people doing something is they did n't do it enough the first time , or they did n't do it properly , or they did n't do it successfully and therefore they 've got ta keep doing it . |
| 6 | Trouble is , they 'll expect to see you here the next time they come . ’ |
| 7 | The big guy hit me just the one time . |
| 8 | ‘ Do it right the first time , ’ is probably the best and shortest way to sum up the quality improvement process . |
| 9 | No , oh you had it right the first time , oh no you did n't , you need a face , find a face , look . |
| 10 | Derek was telling us only the last time he was home all about his Mate up there on the Rigs . |
| 11 | I remember his telling us how the first time he encountered stress incontinence was as a young boy standing at the foot of the ladder while a little old country woman handed him down apples from the tree . |
| 12 | ‘ Why could n't you say it quietly the first time ? |