Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adj] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | This birdie on the 4th helped her complete the first round just two over . |
2 | Of the programmes I 've watched-not all of them , let me confess-only the third , on the dhow in the Gulf seemed to enter into a wholly unknown , and dangerous environment , a way of life I could never have imagined . |
3 | Sometimes he would sleep in them and wear them unchanged the next day , but at other times he took hours to choose what he would wear , then positively preened . |
4 | It is much cheaper to spend a little longer thinking about them beforehand and getting them right the first time rather than the second , third or fourth time around . |
5 | Much more cost effective is n't it if things to be done once rather than have to do reading them two or three times and generally the reason that things are repeated a number of times is that perhaps people are not really quite sure or not that that are systems , yet productivity the better trained people are people who can do things , get it right the first time and they can do more work ca n't they than somebody else you are not having to pick it up as the manager responsible and put mistakes right . |
6 | I did n't really think I should advise , except to say , ‘ I got it right last time I did it — I hope you get it right the first time you do it ’ . |
7 | A professional photographer 's livelihood is dependent on getting it right the first time and most are members of either the Master Photographers Association or the British Institute of Professional Photography . |
8 | More like a volcano erupting than a steam engine blowing its top , Nick always said , but he was touchy about it because it made him sick the first time . |
9 | ‘ In as much as I cringe at the thought of making you sick a second time , yes . |
10 | ‘ If I were you I 'd get it right the first time . ’ |
11 | It is a vastly complex process and unless you get it right in one , you will never live to tell the tale , to get it right the next time , in order to ‘ evolve ’ the skill ! |
12 | The first viewer to select an outfit from the parade will receive it free the next day ( Kinkead claims it is a uni-sex , uni-size garment ) . |