Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] the first [noun sg] " 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 | 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 | Well that 's right , give it away the first part of the question |
| 7 | A gentle breeze helped nudge us up the first incline — then the next , and the next , before we reached a tricky scramble round a rocky peak . |
| 8 | ‘ Do it right the first time , ’ is probably the best and shortest way to sum up the quality improvement process . |
| 9 | He 's showing us where the first confronta-tion occurred . |
| 10 | ‘ I will escort you up the first flight of stairs , but I shall observe the proprieties by leaving you to look after yourself on the second landing . ’ |
| 11 | No , oh you had it right the first time , oh no you did n't , you need a face , find a face , look . |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ Why could n't you say it quietly the first time ? |