Example sentences of "[verb] his [noun sg] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must have started writing his book a long time ago . |
| 2 | Hawkins shook his head a second time and went out to start the day 's work . |
| 3 | He was downstairs before she could call his name a second time . |
| 4 | Howard waved his hand a third time before speaking his mind . |
| 5 | It does n't sound much but you 've got to watch out these days , with everything constantly getting cheaper and Tod grimly counting his money the whole time . |
| 6 | Then Rob Thomas spoke his name a third time and he was back in the world . |
| 7 | He was just 76 votes short of the quota in the Oldpark Ward on the first count , but won his place a short time later . |