Example sentences of "[prep] the [num ord] time of [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were a lot a lot involved there er and some of you actually found that that there was quite a lot that you really had to almost worry about and think about and and er yesterday for the first time of doing it with this this new method it does take quite a bit of thinking about and as we agreed practice is is what 's what 's important .. |
| 2 | For the fourth time of asking , what will be the impact on 15 Para of the change from battalion to company status , where will the battallion headquarters be , why is it being taken out of Scotland , and , at a time when the Secretary of State says that flexibility and mobility are the key attributes of Britain 's Army , why are we making major reductions in a force which is the most flexible and mobile in the British Army ? |
| 3 | The seventy five year old bachelor had finally got his girl at the second time of asking years He 'd waited half a century for this kiss with his new bride Rose , and he still could n't believe his luck . |
| 4 | He proved how difficult this feat is by failing to repeat it at the second time of asking . |
| 5 | He went on to play in all 42 League games that season and helped the club to finish in a respectable third position but , statistically at least , his best season with the Palace was 1920–21 when , along with all the other Southern League clubs , we were admitted to the Football League — and promptly won the newly-formed 3rd Division at the first time of asking ! |
| 6 | I was confident I could wear her down eventually , but I certainly never expected her to come across at the first time of asking . |
| 7 | He had looked for a loophole in their guard , he had found that crevice at the first time of asking . |
| 8 | It has proved , at the first time of asking in Test cricket , to be nothing more than a wrist-slapper . |
| 9 | Francis was delighted at landing Bright — even if it was at the third time of asking . |