Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] the first " 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 | In a way it is even more predictable , for it not only has a standardized melodic/lyric structure ( first phrase : four bars ; second phrase : four bars , more or less repeating the first ; third phrase : four bars , contrasting or complementary ) but also a schematic sequence of ( highly ‘ primitive ’ ) chords : |
| 4 | Almost a century later there were five thousand Salvationists in sixty five centres , still battling against the poverty and disease which had so concerned the first arrivals . |
| 5 | She was so startled the first time that she said to it : ‘ How nice to see you , my lord . ’ |
| 6 | The goods to he sold had been piled up on the stairs where once " the possessions " had been piled ; bottles of jam and honey , heaps of hermetically sealed provisions , bottles of wine , cakes of chocolate pliable with the heat , tins of biscuits and even a few mouldy hams had been stacked against the splintered stumps which were all that now remained of the banisters Fleury had found so elegant the first evening he had entered the Residency . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It was probably effective the first time , but now it is looked on as a desperate move , a last ditch attempt to gain attention . |
| 9 | It 's surprisingly playable the first time around … |
| 10 | 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 ) . |