Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [prep] the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 'd be easier if we met my troops for the first time at the concert , ’ he said . |
| 2 | I washed my billycans for the first time since Reggane , and cleaned the kit and groundsheet with disinfectant . |
| 3 | You have n't been out of my thoughts since the last time we made love . |
| 4 | It would be really rather nice , she thought as she picked up her cases for the fiftieth time that day , if they could all stay together , though it was hardly likely . |
| 5 | In every production there comes an awkward jerky stage when the cast abandon their books for the first time , but for The Hooded Owl it seemed to be going on longer than usual . |
| 6 | For many , the thought of leaving their parents for the first time left them subdued . |
| 7 | The almost wordless scene in which Ma Joad , packing her belongings for the last time , comes across a pair of old earrings and tries them on , recalling some long forgotten happiness , is as touching as anything he ever directed . |
| 8 | To make the country even more civilized the railways were embarking on building great hotels by their stations for the first time . |
| 9 | To keep market share , IBM has just cut prices on its PCs for the third time this year . |
| 10 | In the Third World new nations were flexing their muscles for the first time . |
| 11 | ENGLAND 'S Colts emulated their seniors for the first time in three seasons at the Parc de Pugh in Brecon by toppling the Welsh Youth in no uncertain fashion . |
| 12 | The fact that the Institute was setting down its objectives for the first time was seen as ‘ a move in the right direction ’ . |
| 13 | She made her way to the second floor , her frown deepening as she looked about her , properly taking in her surroundings for the first time . |
| 14 | It was an astonishing performance in a first-rate production , and it led directly to her casting as Kitty MacVurrich in The Long Roads , McGrath 's TV film about a cancer-stricken Skye woman and her husband , visiting their children for the last time . |
| 15 | Meanwhile I saw her breasts for the first time . |
| 16 | When the Reading Room opened its doors for the first time in the city of St Louis , Missouri , it became the world 's first literary brothel . |
| 17 | Foxhall Stadium opens its doors for the first time on Sunday ( 2.30 pm ) with the Bangers and new formula stock cars . |
| 18 | The Irish counterpart to a London rock landmark , will open its doors for the first time in the Temple Bar area of Dublin in early December . |
| 19 | The Town Cinema opens its doors for the first time in more than thirty years tonight . |
| 20 | A new club which aims to give homeless and unemployed people what could be their only good meal of the day has opened its doors for the first time . |
| 21 | The manufacture of pins continued at Frogmarsh until 4 May 1934 , when the company closed its doors for the last time . |
| 22 | The Frank Cooper Marmalade Shop , which forever linked the name Oxford with marmalade , is closing its doors for the last time . |
| 23 | A hospital for pensioners that opened almost a hundred years ago is about to close its doors for the last time . |
| 24 | Eleven people will lose their jobs when the slaughter house closes its doors for the last time on November 26 . |
| 25 | But today it closes its doors for the last time . |
| 26 | How one charity helps another The Goodwill charity shop in Court Arcade , Darlington , closed its doors for the last time on Tuesday after four years of fund-raising for a children 's village in India . |
| 27 | EMPLOYEES of Courtaulds Fibres , Canada , gathered for a Christmas party in December , just weeks after the viscose rayon plant closed its doors for the last time . |
| 28 | This year , as the locos dropped their fires for the last time , the cash bag totalled more than £1243.72 . |
| 29 | 28th August 1930 was a sad day , as the islanders closed their doors for the last time . |
| 30 | She noticed his teeth for the first time : small and irregular , like pieces of gravel on a driveway , but sparkling white . |