Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [prep] the [num ord] time " in BNC.

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1 I have no doubt that there will be special preparations and allowances made by police and spectators for the Marathon , in which I will be competing for the first time tomorrow .
2 SOUTH AFRICA , who will be competing for the first time , are to stage the 1995 Rugby World Cup .
3 CHRISTO VAN RENSBURG , one of the world 's leading doubles players , went on court at the Albert Hall yesterday believing he would be competing for the last time in the official season-ending doubles championship .
4 CHRISTO VAN RENSBURG , one of the world 's leading doubles players , went on court at the Albert Hall yesterday believing he would be competing for the last time in the official season-ending doubles championship .
5 The decline in British hedgerows may be slowing for the first time this century , thanks to schemes to subsidise hedge planting .
6 This year we shall be performing for the first time in Berne , Geneva , Luzern , Zurich and Prague .
7 Representatives from eastern Europe will be attending for the first time .
8 Some readers will have been growing roses for years , others may be starting for the first time from scratch , with no preconceived ideas , pattern or convention to adhere to , and a great many more will be at every stage in between .
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