Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who would have dreamed she would be so fiery the first time ? |
| 2 | Continuation of inflation at this kind of rate would cause the whole problem to recur in that the value of gold stocks , at the new fixed price , would be regarded as insufficient in relation to the rising value of trade , and speculation on a further gold price rise , against the dollar , would redouble ( as it would have been proved so profitable the first time ) . |
| 3 | It had been so exciting the last time with one plane . |
| 4 | Childbirth was no less magical the second time around with Prince Harry |
| 5 | He concludes with a dark warning that she and her infant may not be so lucky the next time . |
| 6 | He was warned that he would not be so lucky the next time . |
| 7 | I know somebody , male I might add , who 's so randy the whole time that he ca n't concentrate on anything . |
| 8 | It 's not quite so good the second time around , never mind the fourth or fifth . |
| 9 | She was so startled the first time that she said to it : ‘ How nice to see you , my lord . ’ |
| 10 | Why my paternal so-called grandparents had been so stuffy the only time I met them . |
| 11 | Having done it once , it wo n't be so bad the next time … ’ |
| 12 | James Boswell in the eighteenth century was generally impotent the first time he slept with women of his own class , though in sex with lower-class girls he could easily prove his manhood . |
| 13 | ‘ Love 's more comf'table the second time around , ’ the song says . |
| 14 | If marriage really is more harmonious the second time around , England should be celebrating the return of the urn sometime next July . |
| 15 | It was probably effective the first time , but now it is looked on as a desperate move , a last ditch attempt to gain attention . |
| 16 | It 's surprisingly playable the first time around … |
| 17 | She seemed to me quite normal the last time we met . ’ |
| 18 | I thought it was quite expensive the last time we wrote there as well . |
| 19 | We revisited some of our old haunts like Butterfly Creek , and old friends like the Lawrences whose house is approached by their own private cable car ( very scary the first time you ride it ) . |