Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] the [num ord] time " in BNC.

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1 Where I used to live , when they evacuated me the first time . ’
2 Cos it helped me the last time .
3 He intimidates me the first time I ever talked to him was in the pub
4 ’ Aye , ye mentioned somethin' the last time I wis up . ’
5 Even if the opponent plays him false twenty times , the Satyagrahi is ready to trust him the twenty-first time , for an implicit trust in human nature is the very essence of the creed .
6 I remembered Sopworth saying how the cat had no sense of territory , how he 'd only just caught it the first time it escaped , racing north along the A2 .
7 have n't seen him , it 's Dr I think that 's attended me the last time .
8 The same story you told me the last time we met , ’ she said with a sneer .
9 Well I think there in , well they ca n't go together , told you the last time you was here , they ca n't go on holiday together .
10 ‘ You still believe I rejected you the first time , do n't you ? ’
11 Please note that you do not have to open the rings to put these markers over , though you should after you 've done it the first time , erm , it should become easier with practice , let me put it that way , okay .
12 if I 'd have fed it the first time I 'd have understood it , but I 've only fed it today !
13 Alison also likes 60s music ( too young to remember it the first time around ) and buying things for her home .
14 The dog is commanded to sit and if he does n't do it the first time , he is pushed gently into position .
15 So she told us the last time she was round she was going on a course for that sort of thing and she said now would you like to try it said fair enough .
16 ( If it upset you the first time , please move on to the next paragraph . )
17 ‘ He did n't like me the last time around .
18 You 'd travel down to the game on a Saturday , and if you met a Leeds fan at the train station , you could be sure that they were the best mate he 'd ever had , and they 'd tell you all the latest gossip that he 'd told them the last time they were out for a few pints .
19 so that when he sees you the next time , he 'll double check that .
20 ‘ That lady tamed him the first time he set eyes on her .
21 Hell , he could n't even ask , having told her the next time she would have to take the initiative , but if she did n't take it soon he was going to go out of his mind !
22 I did n't believe it the first time either . ’
23 I hated it the first time .
24 He really did n't like it the first time we played it , so he tried spoiling it .
25 Suppose , for example , that your most recent life had been a particularly horrifying and traumatic one : you would not really want to experience it the first time you were regressed , as you might not be able to cope .
26 Well in the Midland Bank and they were wearing them the last time you were there .
27 ‘ I heard you the first time , boy . ’
28 ‘ I heard you the first time , ’ her mother said .
29 ‘ Yes , I heard you the first time .
30 A lass in Low Newton hanged herself the second time I was in there .
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