Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun sg] in [num] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ For the second time in two days I 'm hearing the usually benevolent lioness growl , ’ she said . |
2 | For the second time in two days she had been bought and sold . |
3 | ‘ That 's the second time in twenty-four hours I 've had a swim in that damned water . |
4 | For the second time in three months he heard the battering sound of hobnailed boots climbing the wooden stairs to fetch a body . |
5 | It was the fourth time in five years she had been injured in the line of duty . |
6 | Early on a wet Sunday morning outside Yaroslavl station , in the centre of Moscow , my journey was complete and for the first time in 10 days I was alone . |
7 | I 've done it five , this is the first time in five years I 've had New Year 's Eve off . |
8 | DEC said that for the first time in six quarters it generated positive cash flow from operations and investments , even with restructuring activities . |
9 | For the first time in 11 years you can get nearly two dollars for every £ because the American dollar is so weak . |
10 | This is the first time in 20 years I have felt any hope . ’ |
11 | But one day , as he sat by a mountain stream , he actually looked at a flower , and for the first time in ten years he realized how beautiful something living could be . |
12 | One that I look a lot more like the Prime Minister wearing my reading glasses than the Prime Minister actually looks like the Prime Minister and two , the hidden benefits of wearing your reading glasses , group , here , is that I ca n't see a thing over there and for the first time in ten years I 'm gon na enjoy delivering a speech . |
13 | this one was the biggest and best in a long while … for the first time in 30 years it was open to professionals as well as amateurs and drew in two former world champions in Tony Doyle and Danny Clark and three Milk Race winners in … |