Example sentences of "[pers pn] the [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He really did n't like it the first time we played it , so he tried spoiling it . |
| 32 | ‘ Well , she was doing it the first time I laid eyes on her ! ’ |
| 33 | if I 'd have fed it the first time I 'd have understood it , but I 've only fed it today ! |
| 34 | Suppose , for example , that your most recent life had been a particularly horrifying and traumatic one : you would not really want to experience it the first time you were regressed , as you might not be able to cope . |
| 35 | You listen to it the first time you do n't like it and then after that then |
| 36 | I remembered Sopworth saying how the cat had no sense of territory , how he 'd only just caught it the first time it escaped , racing north along the A2 . |
| 37 | ’ But why is it the only time you take risks is when you 're likely to make a profit. ? ’ |
| 38 | She would remind Froggy of it the next time he ragged her for a noodle . |
| 39 | That 's what I thought it was at first but when he said it the next time it sounded different , it was nymph , rag nymph , that 's what he called me . |
| 40 | So she told us the last time she was round she was going on a course for that sort of thing and she said now would you like to try it said fair enough . |