Example sentences of "[num ord] time in [adj] [noun pl] i " 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 | ‘ That 's the second time in twenty-four hours I 've had a swim in that damned water . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I 've done it five , this is the first time in five years I 've had New Year 's Eve off . |
| 5 | This is the first time in 20 years I have felt any hope . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |