Example sentences of "[adj] [art] [num ord] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | She seemed to me quite normal the last time we met . ’ |
| 3 | But when you first started when you 're not quite sure what 's happening you ca n't be expected to be perfect the first time you have a go at something can you . |
| 4 | James Boswell in the eighteenth century was generally impotent the first time he slept with women of his own class , though in sex with lower-class girls he could easily prove his manhood . |
| 5 | There 's no excuse for that and if we 're er having as one of our major platforms of our business initiative 's quality , then er the quality must be right one hundred per cent all the time er so I was somewhat bothered that we were an an disappointed I suppose that we did n't get high ratings in the quality control reviews which were carried out , so to that end we were make make sure the next time we came round with a better score er so er we are looking at what 's called hot reviews which is looking at er an audit for example before it 's finalised by somebody completely independent of the job carrying out a technical review of the way in which tha that audit has been conducted er we are looking at it after the jobs been finished and probably in the slack season in the summer get people to actually review as if they were doing a dry quality control review of the job er prior to us getting an external review er carried out . |
| 6 | Most people feel homesick the first time they leave home , no matter how old they are . |
| 7 | Consider which will last longer — which will hold its value better — the answer is apparent the first time you step on board the Swan . |
| 8 | I thought it was quite expensive the last time we wrote there as well . |
| 9 | Well , she had wanted him to be hopping mad the next time she saw him , and she was pretty sure she 'd succeeded . |
| 10 | Even I was terrified the first time it happened , when Art rolled over to our table , gave Tod a kind of rabbit punch that almost broke his neck , and said , incredibly loudly , |
| 11 | We revisited some of our old haunts like Butterfly Creek , and old friends like the Lawrences whose house is approached by their own private cable car ( very scary the first time you ride it ) . |