Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [art] first time " in BNC.
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1 | Izzie returned with the cups of wine , saying softly to her father without looking at Gabriel , ‘ Was n't I right the first time I saw this boy ? |
2 | It was the fact that he felt he had done it right the first time and not nearly as well the second time . |
3 | ‘ Do it right the first time , ’ is probably the best and shortest way to sum up the quality improvement process . |
4 | No , oh you had it right the first time , oh no you did n't , you need a face , find a face , look . |
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 | Should n't have really warmed it up the first time . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | ‘ Why could n't you say it quietly the first time ? |
9 | 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 . |