Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | Trouble is , they 'll expect to see you here the next time they come . ’ |
| 5 | You 've had it quite a long time have n't you ? |
| 6 | The big guy hit me just the one time . |
| 7 | Did it take you quite a long time to get to sleep ? |
| 8 | It took me quite a long time to get over it . |
| 9 | It took me quite a long time . |
| 10 | Chairman , if they are recorded all later , it took me quite a long time to discover them , could we have , abbreviations just written out , it makes it very difficult for me to , I 'm not used , I mean , I 'm |
| 11 | It took her quite a long time to understand what had occurred and what she had done wrong . |
| 12 | It had taken them only a short time to realise they were from opposite sides in the Therapeutic Wars , but it had caused little friction . |
| 13 | ‘ Do it right the first time , ’ is probably the best and shortest way to sum up the quality improvement process . |
| 14 | No , oh you had it right the first time , oh no you did n't , you need a face , find a face , look . |
| 15 | Derek was telling us only the last time he was home all about his Mate up there on the Rigs . |
| 16 | ‘ Why could n't you say it quietly the first time ? |