Example sentences of "[adj] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | A professional photographer 's livelihood is dependent on getting it right the first time and most are members of either the Master Photographers Association or the British Institute of Professional Photography . |
| 3 | It is much cheaper to spend a little longer thinking about them beforehand and getting them right the first time rather than the second , third or fourth time around . |
| 4 | Bombed as we were , we got that sonofabitch right the first time , I 'll tell you . |
| 5 | Much more cost effective is n't it if things to be done once rather than have to do reading them two or three times and generally the reason that things are repeated a number of times is that perhaps people are not really quite sure or not that that are systems , yet productivity the better trained people are people who can do things , get it right the first time and they can do more work ca n't they than somebody else you are not having to pick it up as the manager responsible and put mistakes right . |
| 6 | ‘ If I were you I 'd get it right the first time . ’ |
| 7 | I did n't really think I should advise , except to say , ‘ I got it right last time I did it — I hope you get it right the first time you do it ’ . |
| 8 | But , having said that , there is no system in the world , whether it be in government , outside it , public-sector , private-sector , wherever it may be , which is going to get everything right the whole time . |
| 9 | It is a vastly complex process and unless you get it right in one , you will never live to tell the tale , to get it right the next time , in order to ‘ evolve ’ the skill ! |
| 10 | Who would have dreamed she would be so fiery the first time ? |
| 11 | She seemed to me quite normal the last time we met . ’ |
| 12 | " He kept telling me I could n't get pregnant the first time , but I did . " |
| 13 | And er the fact that she 's obviously gone on without it was awful , when she was pregnant the second time round she did n't make a big thing of being pregnant but you could tell she was pregnant but I never quite liked to say to her just in case they had the amnio amnio whatever it is and decided not to go |
| 14 | In all other cases outside of those exceptions the order which prescribes unpleasant consequences , unless a person does a particular act , must make clear the precise time within which the act is to be done ( RSC Ord 42 , r 2(1) ) . |
| 15 | It had been so exciting the last time with one plane . |
| 16 | went wrong the first time do you ? |
| 17 | And when I went wrong the other time . |
| 18 | ‘ What do you think made you feel funny the last time ? ’ |
| 19 | It may be alarmed the first time a bit is put in its mouth , or saddle is put on its back , or it 's girthed up , or mounted , but this anxiety can be ‘ undone ’ or prevented altogether by making sure that the horse is not hurt and by rewarding the horse at the same time . |
| 20 | But when you first started when you 're not quite sure what 's happening you ca n't be expected to be perfect the first time you have a go at something can you . |
| 21 | Childbirth was no less magical the second time around with Prince Harry |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The Trisland has to be hand-flown the whole time . |
| 24 | I know somebody , male I might add , who 's so randy the whole time that he ca n't concentrate on anything . |
| 25 | More like a volcano erupting than a steam engine blowing its top , Nick always said , but he was touchy about it because it made him sick the first time . |
| 26 | He was conscious the whole time and talked and joked with ambulancemen and medical staff at a local hospital in Cheltenham . |
| 27 | ‘ I hit it very hard but I remained conscious the whole time . ’ |
| 28 | And er of course I was lucky the next time see . |
| 29 | He concludes with a dark warning that she and her infant may not be so lucky the next time . |
| 30 | He was warned that he would not be so lucky the next time . |