Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] the first " 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 This would make them respectively the first and fifth most popular tourist arractions in the world , with the ones in between being the three existing Disney theme parks .
3 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 .
4 It was the fact that he felt he had done it right the first time and not nearly as well the second time .
5 Should n't have really warmed it up the first time .
6 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 .
7 Well that 's right , give it away the first part of the question
8 If you happen to know your bride or bridegroom 's tastes you could say , ‘ I would like to read you just the first verse/first two lines/last two lines of one of one of Sharon 's favourite poems about the sea .
9 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 .
10 Your PP tells you where the first five are , always starting with the object This might be as follows :
11 Do it right the first time , ’ is probably the best and shortest way to sum up the quality improvement process .
12 He 's showing us where the first confronta-tion occurred .
13 ‘ 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 . ’
14 No , oh you had it right the first time , oh no you did n't , you need a face , find a face , look .
15 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 ?
16 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 .
17 ‘ Why could n't you say it quietly the first time ?
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