Example sentences of "[adv] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | Churchill had at moments in the First World War manifested great strategic prescience ; his intuition swung into action even more powerfully the second time round . |
2 | Getting the paper work right the first time saves the customer being bothered with further questions . |
3 | He had been right the first time . |
4 | you were right the first time . |
5 | ‘ No … you were right the first time : what happened between us was a dreadful mistake … unplanned . |
6 | It was the fact that he felt he had done it right the first time and not nearly as well the second time . |
7 | Izzie returned with the cups of wine , saying softly to her father without looking at Gabriel , ‘ Was n't I right the first time I saw this boy ? |
8 | ‘ Do it right the first time , ’ is probably the best and shortest way to sum up the quality improvement process . |
9 | No , oh you had it right the first time , oh no you did n't , you need a face , find a face , look . |
10 | No , you were right the first time boy ! |
11 | right the first time . |
12 | yeah I mean to be honest it 's just a case of one of you , it does go that way , I knew I was right the first time , of one of you just remembering |
13 | This is because , however often an experiment comes out right , you can never be sure that it will come out right the next time , and so you can never be sure that your hypothesis is right . |
14 | It showed an elderly couple being given their meal by a uniformed WRVS woman who was asking them if the food had been all right the last time . |
15 | He was dead the last time I saw him . ’ |
16 | If it is run twice on similar data , it will probably work better the second time . |
17 | Basically the full time I was in basic training and when I went to the Regimental the Royal Highl Fusiliers Regiment the first battalion , I was physically beaten and mentally tortured er into the same bargain . |
18 | I thought that this morning when I saw you again , and I want you to know I do n't think we should leave it so long the next time . ’ |
19 | We wo n't leave it so long the next time |
20 | Some of them had found making love an enjoyable experience but others talked about how they had found sex an anti-climax , especially the first time . |
21 | At first , this made Lucien nervous , especially the first time he came across a half-clad female sauntering along the sky-lit corridor outside his room on her way to the bathrooms . |
22 | Dress code : Adidas tracksuits and shells ( fat laces , of course ) Kangols and Westwood Buffalo hats ( which were quite silly enough the first time round as far as we 're concerned ) . |
23 | It was n't enough the first time , and it wo n't be enough now . ’ |
24 | You heard well enough the first time . ’ |
25 | 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 . |
26 | He had enough the last time did he ? |
27 | It 's perhaps the one time you 'll bless starting with a completely clean slate ; at least there are no existing possessions that might perhaps prove difficult to accommodate . |
28 | Modigliani worked on the painting , an unusually long time for him and perhaps the only time when he agreed to ‘ continue ’ a painting . |
29 | It suddenly struck him that this was not perhaps the best time to go into the history of the Established Church in England . |
30 | Romantic love is the nearest most people reach to the peak experience , for the lover loses himself in the beloved and while he is in the state of love , he forgets all his problems and is happy for perhaps the first time in his life . |