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Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	However , when you lay them down the first card is laid on the M of mutus and the second on the m of nomen .
2	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 ?
3	right , and its only the last couple of weeks that we 've really picked up
4	My parents had stayed over in Middlesbrough that night and they were taking me home the next day .
5	‘ I will escort you up the first flight of stairs , but I shall observe the proprieties by leaving you to look after yourself on the second landing . ’
6	Trouble is , they 'll expect to see you here the next time they come . ’
7	If the teacher criticised or even hit you then the last thing to do was complain at home because the certainty was you would be criticised or hit again .
8	And if you go , if you 're not gon na pick them up the next day .
9	You will then need to go through all your entries to edit out your wrong spellings and inconsistencies since it is unlikely that you will have transcribed everything perfectly the first time .
10	I 'll just take the two , and Billy 'll take them out the next week .
11	It was he who held the troops together in their communal dormitory , and it was he who led them out the next morning .
12	they sold them out the next morning , they 'd
13	It also made him only the second man in history to score for both sides in a derby clash .
14	But it made him only the second Briton to conquer Everest without Oxygen equipment .
15	Another try this afternoon could make him only the second Englishman to score in all four internationals in a season ; COULD , because Dewi Morris , whose mobile scrum half play has done much to transform England this season season is also on course to match the feat Carston Catcheside of Percy Park achieved in Wakefield 's 1924 side .
16	‘ But yer always the first man aht , ’ pointed out the Old Stager agreeably .
17	When her alarm woke her up the next morning , she felt heavy-eyed and lacking in energy , but that was probably because her sleep had been long in coming and had been plagued with dreams when she had eventually managed to drop off .
18	For a moment there was nothing to do but let the shabby old SE haul him up the last stretch , so Lambert actually relaxed and momentarily enjoyed his peace .
19	I laugh and push him up the last step .
20	so I phoned him back the next day , ah he 's in our Glasgow office today so I phoned the Glasgow , he 's on the phone , I said that 's okay I 'll call back .
21	When he asked if he could see her again the next day , she would not have dreamed of declining ; they saw each other for about a fortnight , and her enthusiasm for him increased with each meeting , though he said not a word of any interest in the whole two weeks .
22	It was the fact that he felt he had done it right the first time and not nearly as well the second time .
23	‘ Do it right the first time , ’ is probably the best and shortest way to sum up the quality improvement process .
24	No , oh you had it right the first time , oh no you did n't , you need a face , find a face , look .
25	This pulsar is a compact neutron star , which rotates 642 times every second , and the detection makes it only the third pulsar known to emit light .
26	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 .
27	is , is it , is it just the second year that has erm , perhaps it not
28	Was it not the third Wednesday ?
29	Well that 's right , give it away the first part of the question
30	As soon as the men had taken it away the next morning , she re-entered the house , very cautiously to avoid Troy , but her husband had gone out very early and did not return .