Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 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 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ But yer always the first man aht , ’ pointed out the Old Stager agreeably . |
| 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 | ‘ Do it right the first time , ’ is probably the best and shortest way to sum up the quality improvement process . |
| 8 | No , oh you had it right the first time , oh no you did n't , you need a face , find a face , look . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Well that 's right , give it away the first part of the question |
| 11 | Should n't have really warmed it up the first time . |
| 12 | It is important because if you do buy something from a shop and realize there 's something wrong with it , if you take it back the first thing the shop would say to you is can I see your receipt ? |
| 13 | I remember him relating it again the first time I returned to see him after gaining my first post as butler — to a Mr and Mrs Muggeridge in their relatively modest house in Allshot , Oxfordshire . |
| 14 | ‘ Why could n't you say it quietly the first time ? |
| 15 | It would not cost the Exchequer anything more the first year , because a 25 per cent . |
| 16 | A gentle breeze helped nudge us up the first incline — then the next , and the next , before we reached a tricky scramble round a rocky peak . |
| 17 | I remember his telling us how the first time he encountered stress incontinence was as a young boy standing at the foot of the ladder while a little old country woman handed him down apples from the tree . |
| 18 | He 's showing us where the first confronta-tion occurred . |