Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who would have dreamed she would be so fiery the first time ? |
| 2 | Continuation of inflation at this kind of rate would cause the whole problem to recur in that the value of gold stocks , at the new fixed price , would be regarded as insufficient in relation to the rising value of trade , and speculation on a further gold price rise , against the dollar , would redouble ( as it would have been proved so profitable the first time ) . |
| 3 | It had been so exciting the last time with one plane . |
| 4 | Childbirth was no less magical the second time around with Prince Harry |
| 5 | He concludes with a dark warning that she and her infant may not be so lucky the next time . |
| 6 | He was warned that he would not be so lucky the next time . |
| 7 | I was so ill the next day Gill . |
| 8 | It 's not quite so good the second time around , never mind the fourth or fifth . |
| 9 | She was so startled the first time that she said to it : ‘ How nice to see you , my lord . ’ |
| 10 | But , then you do n't yo they 're not so important the second lot , as what we call , well you call them spares , we call them spare in the stables you see . |
| 11 | The goods to he sold had been piled up on the stairs where once " the possessions " had been piled ; bottles of jam and honey , heaps of hermetically sealed provisions , bottles of wine , cakes of chocolate pliable with the heat , tins of biscuits and even a few mouldy hams had been stacked against the splintered stumps which were all that now remained of the banisters Fleury had found so elegant the first evening he had entered the Residency . |
| 12 | Having done it once , it wo n't be so bad the next time … ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | When his three-year-old son saw the rods he started crying and said he wanted to go fishing , and was still upset the next morning . |
| 15 | ‘ Love 's more comf'table the second time around , ’ the song says . |
| 16 | Once a Bill is read a first time , it can be printed and is usually available the next day . |
| 17 | Yes , I saw them queuing for tomatoes , but the stall was still well-stocked the next day . |
| 18 | If marriage really is more harmonious the second time around , England should be celebrating the return of the urn sometime next July . |
| 19 | I was even more frightened the next morning , when I passed some large blood clots instead of urine , I became very agitated because I thought I must be dying ’ . |
| 20 | It was probably effective the first time , but now it is looked on as a desperate move , a last ditch attempt to gain attention . |
| 21 | It 's surprisingly playable the first time around … |
| 22 | She seemed to me quite normal the last time we met . ’ |
| 23 | He is ( sort of ) the same type as Dino and i think Wilko will stay with Dino for quite a while yet and little mr Wally-Wally has been doing his things quite good the last couple of games meethinks . |
| 24 | Thornfield Hall became quite busy the next day , now that the master had returned . |
| 25 | I thought it was quite expensive the last time we wrote there as well . |
| 26 | My father was n't too popular the next day when he told them what had happened . |
| 27 | After the meeting he said to one of the local people that it was very unlike the Last Conference in 1913 when he attacked L.G. for 45 minutes amid great applause . |
| 28 | That night we stayed in the town as our flight was too early the next day to get to the airport from the good country to the south . |
| 29 | If it had been the following week with school holidays but I , I do think you 'd be very tired the next day . |
| 30 | Alex has not been too well the last couple of days , you know . |