Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [pers pn] the first " in BNC.

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1 Should have realised it the first time , but that 's what happens when you make assumptions .
2 if I 'd have fed it the first time I 'd have understood it , but I 've only fed it today !
3 … commanded his armie to halt , and himselfe went alone to the toppe where , having sighted the Mar del Sur , he knelt down and raising his hands to Heaven , pouring forth mighty praises to God for His great grace in having made him the first man to discover and sight it .
4 He had heard it the first time as a child , in his grandfather 's yurt on the Khirgiz , and going to Burun 's quarters had found him awake also .
5 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 .
6 I have asked no one else , I have given you the first opportunity of owning these things . ’
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