Example sentences of "[adv] the [adj] time [pers pn] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ I mean , to have a German plane shot down the first time we went up . ’ |
| 6 | When Razor went down the first time I was shouting and jumping up and down , ’ she said . |
| 7 | Mowed down the first time she left her new baby son |
| 8 | If it helps the hon. Gentleman , I shall try to wear my tie upside down the next time I am at the Dispatch Box . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | come on because it would have been perhaps the first time I suppose it would n't be a |
| 11 | They had done so the first time they got water for me and I had assumed they would continue . |
| 12 | The bare statistical truth of solvent abuse is that one in four of the children who die from the habit do so the first time they ever sniff glue or lighter fluid . |
| 13 | Yeah it says , I read the thing and it says I have n't got ta let them in unless they 've got a warrant so the first time they come they would n't have a warrant , surely , so they 're gon na have to go away and get a warrant and in that time then I 'd have to get a licence would n't I ? |
| 14 | So the first time you did it you were pretty happy with it were n't you ? |
| 15 | 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 ? |
| 16 | So the first time I had a conversation with Mr Wogan was live on television ! |
| 17 | So the second time I went clasping them round the waist , two , you see . |
| 18 | Now you can come in every day , and sit and sort out your bumf , but I always believe that the great British public are out there , so the more time you spend out there , the more profit you 're gon na make , there 's less profit being in the branch . |
| 19 | so the more time you 've got to do that , the easier it 'll be for you wo n't it ? |
| 20 | So the last time we had a break was er , well , actually , we did n't do the useful formulae , did we , last time ? |
| 21 | So the next time we meet , providing your happy and you understand all my recommendations , is there any reason why we could n't proceed ? |
| 22 | So the next time I thought , No madam you 're on the settee on your changing mat , and er I 've got you . |
| 23 | So the next time he goes he 's gon na get some for me . |
| 24 | So the next time you are browsing lazily through a holiday brochure , stop and study the possibilities of a holiday in Spain , away from the coastal resorts , English-speaking waiters and mounds of ‘ paella ’ . |
| 25 | So the next time you have it streaked do n't tell them to keep those bits out of it . |
| 26 | It was a tag that surprised me very much the first time I heard it … but now I 've stopped worrying . |
| 27 | It was only the second time they had worked together . |
| 28 | It was only the second time she had taken part and this race , taking less than ten minutes , had been a particularly fast one , but as she said , it was a family tradition to take part in it and she had really enjoyed it . |
| 29 | And after raising the board and finding six washleather bags of sovereigns she had really believed him , and for only the second time she could remember in her life , she had cried . |
| 30 | This was their sixth successive League victory , and though it was only the first time they have scored three goals in a game this season , everyone at Highbury knows it could have been seven . |