Example sentences of "[verb] down [prep] the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The curriculum laid down for the first time what pupils should learn in 10 subjects . |
| 2 | Trident sub goes down for the first time |
| 3 | As the curtain came down for the fourth time the ‘ helpers ’ all gave a huge sigh and reverted back to responsible adults ! |
| 4 | Battling Dave Cannon sprayed a whole trailer-load of the cow muck over a council building after plans for his retirement bungalow were turned down for the fourth time . |
| 5 | The last time this happened I just managed to catch a glimpse of his two black eyes , going down for the third time , before I landed him . |
| 6 | The woman clung to Julia 's hand and broke down for the first time , weeping and pouring out a torrent of Italian that Julia was incapable of translating for herself . |
| 7 | We then hit him over the head with the punt-pole and paddled off out of range of his piteously outstretched hands , cackling demonically as he went down for the third time . |
| 8 | Marr watches ‘ Ouija Board ’ go down for the last time |
| 9 | This piece of information caused Makins to slow down for the first time and look at me more carefully . |
| 10 | Having driven thirty miles and for fifty minutes , he is forced to slow down for the first time . |
| 11 | The idea seemed to fit Lucy 's current expression , as though all hands had already gone down for the third time . |
| 12 | He had one fight in 1984 and was knocked down for the first time in his career . |
| 13 | AN ERA ends today when the shutters come down for the last time at the Owen Owen store in Liverpool . |
| 14 | It did not seem so cute after a massive explosion ripped apart the pilot plant ( ironically as it was being shut down for the last time ) and killed two of Dequasie 's colleagues . |
| 15 | The serious Christian , set down for the first time in a Christian community , is likely to bring with him a very definite idea of what Christian life together should be and try to realize it . |
| 16 | The theatre of La Scala was completed by 1778 by Giuseppe Piermarini following the decision by City Governor Ferdinand Hapsburg not to rebuild the theatre in the Palazzo Reale which had just burned down for the third time . |