Example sentences of "[be] [verb] for a [num ord] time " in BNC.

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1 Peter Purton , an executive member of the lesbian and gay rights campaign , said now the idea of a common age of consent had been supported for a fourth time , he hope that the leadership would finally accept the commitment and ensure it went into the manifesto .
2 It was like some ghoulish rerun of Sunday afternoon , as if the same sequence in a film was being shot for a second time under a different director .
3 They face another five years in opposition and Labour will have another inquest into why it has been rejected for a fourth time .
4 Thus Saxony was conquered for a second time .
5 The case was heard for a second time in mid-1986 , when he was convicted on six counts of espionage and sentenced to life imprisonment , but the verdict was later overturned .
6 At this point I could have gone home , foreseeing a frustrating week ahead full of missed takes ; nevertheless after a few words ( all unprintable ) from Rick the cat rod was recast for a third time .
7 The deal took place at a public inquiry in 1981 , when the owner , Wedgwood , was applying for a second time for consent to demolish .
8 The horn was sounded for a third time , a single blast , long and mournful .
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