Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] the 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 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 .
7 ‘ Why could n't you say it quietly the first time ?
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