Example sentences of "[adv] [art] [num ord] time i " in BNC.

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1 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 ?
2 He was dead the last time I saw him . ’
3 When Razor went down the first time I was shouting and jumping up and down , ’ she said .
4 If it helps the hon. Gentleman , I shall try to wear my tie upside down the next time I am at the Dispatch Box .
5 come on because it would have been perhaps the first time I suppose it would n't be a
6 Once again , now it does n't matter which way round you start , you can start left over right or right over left , but the second time you do it opposite to the first time , so the first time I put the left one over first and the right one over that and then tuck it through , just like tying a shoe lace really , okay ?
7 So the first time I had a conversation with Mr Wogan was live on television !
8 So the second time I went clasping them round the waist , two , you see .
9 So the next time I thought , No madam you 're on the settee on your changing mat , and er I 've got you .
10 It was a tag that surprised me very much the first time I heard it … but now I 've stopped worrying .
11 ‘ This is only the third time I 've met him . ’
12 It was the eleventh or perhaps only the tenth time I had fallen that morning .
13 This was not the first time I had noticed the old enmity of the Norwegians for the Germans .
14 This was not the first time I had dabbled in adultery .
15 But I thought also — this is not the first time I have fled for my life with this man , who is brave if he is also stupid .
16 ‘ No , but it is not the first time I have been in such a situation .
17 It was not the first time I had seen " my " insects .
18 I heard you trying to persuade and then threaten this young lady to get her into your car , and it 's not the first time I 've witnessed such a thing .
19 This was not the first time I had come across the concept of ‘ Quality ’ as meant in this context .
20 No , well certainly not the first time I play , it , I approach it when he thinks I 've finished , but it 's nowhere near , I mean
21 Yeah , the first thing I 've ever the first time I 've shaved my legs , I forgot the water .
22 Probably the last time I went to the cinema , ’ the last member of the trio , a small , mousy-haired woman , chimed in , a littly archly .
23 well the next time I get something , she 'll probably have her own place
24 Well the last time I came you told me
25 Well the last time I was a chippie on twelve grand .
26 Well the last time I bought some then it was three pound something for me and you .
27 I was just gon na say , some sometimes , I have n't been for a bit mind you , oh , well the last time I went , sometimes I go to Wales to Blaenau Ffestiniog or to congregation
28 Oh he came from an old , I think he came from a very old er , there was , there was a General , first world war , erm , well the last time I heard anything about Cake , well , he was , he 'd , he 'd left the Signals section , he was the when I left India , and the last time I heard anything about him , I read it in , in a paper in erm , when the troubles were on and he was brig brigadier in charge of an infantry brigade , about my age , well , a , probably a year or two older than me , cos he was a , yeah he was a lieutenant when I got out there a full lieutenant , so he must of been a captain .
29 She said oh I 'm ever so sorry , she said perhaps it 's your mother , I said no I said she was alive and kicking as well the last time I saw her so
30 And let me tell you , this is n't the first time I 've thought of it , either . ’
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