Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] [pron] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alejandro caught me stealing out to water them the first night . |
| 2 | It is most unlikely that without the reformulation a hearer would have even understood what the first segment was about . |
| 3 | He did not hear her the first time , she had to repeat what she said . |
| 4 | We do not know who the first organist in the old church were . |
| 5 | I said to her if she did n't make it the first time , let her lend you my hammer she said do n't you talk like that and do n't you let e Geoff hear you ! |
| 6 | He really did n't like it the first time we played it , so he tried spoiling it . |
| 7 | I did n't believe it the first time either . ’ |
| 8 | They 've just given you a first read . |
| 9 | She had n't rejected him the first time , though , just evaded a decision , wanting him to strengthen it somehow . |
| 10 | It was only when they came out of the rearmost door and found a temporary hut facing them with Radio Room marked on the door , that they realised why they had n't found it the first time . |
| 11 | The dog is commanded to sit and if he does n't do it the first time , he is pushed gently into position . |
| 12 | As I say , providing this is the second , does n't matter what the first one was . |