Example sentences of "[verb] it the [num ord] time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remembered Sopworth saying how the cat had no sense of territory , how he 'd only just caught it the first time it escaped , racing north along the A2 . |
| 2 | if I 'd have fed it the first time I 'd have understood it , but I 've only fed it today ! |
| 3 | He really did n't like it the first time we played it , so he tried spoiling it . |
| 4 | Suppose , for example , that your most recent life had been a particularly horrifying and traumatic one : you would not really want to experience it the first time you were regressed , as you might not be able to cope . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , she was doing it the first time I laid eyes on her ! ’ |
| 6 | That 's what I thought it was at first but when he said it the next time it sounded different , it was nymph , rag nymph , that 's what he called me . |