Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [prep] a [num ord] time " in BNC.

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1 Newport Borough Council is close to withdrawing its Private Usk Barrage Bill from Parliament for a second time .
2 One of the smallest village schools in the country has been spared from closure for a second time , but there 's a catch .
3 And yet here I was , deep in trouble for a second time .
4 And he has written to Home Secretary Michael Howard demanding to know if plans for the category B inmate jail will be put on ice for a second time .
5 He has written to Home Secretary , Michael Howard , demanding to know if plans for the category B inmate jail will be put on ice for a second time .
6 Certainly Gladstone 's view of society was less useful in 1880 when he returned to power for a second time , then , as Chamberlain reminded him , social legislation had become a parliamentary issue .
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