Example sentences of "[prep] the [num ord] time they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were awake before dawn and for the second time they heard the chorus begin as a trickle and grow swiftly to a torrent as the birds welcomed the great Trumpeter . |
| 2 | British Champion Colin McRae pushing everything to the limits … it requires rapid changes through the gear box … even when cornering … now in the Banbury factory of Prodrive engineers have spent 18 months developing a semi-automatic gear box … they 're already becoming common in Formula One … now for the first time they 've been successfully introduced in a rally car … with just a touch of a button the driver can change gear without having to take his hand off the steering wheel . |
| 3 | For the first time they had a doctor with them , Malcolm Pleydell , who had been posted to L Detachment and had completed his parachute training . |
| 4 | And just six hours after Chris and Heather met for the first time they had decided to get married . |
| 5 | They were , nevertheless , dramatic or rather traumatic , because for the first time they came into deliberate and militant confrontation with the forces of tradition , conservatism and especially religion . |
| 6 | For the first time they struck her — both letter and box — as symbols of escape . |
| 7 | Rural living standards in most areas had improved significantly in the 1980s , but last year for the first time they fell back . |
| 8 | It 's been a four-hour journey for Fiona and David , now for the first time they meet the competition and hopefully make new friends . |
| 9 | It may be some months or even years later when , for the first time they over-correct from a practice stall , they experience a substantial reduction in ‘ g ’ loading . |
| 10 | For the umpteenth time they have arisen because Labour nominees have failed to attend a single meeting in the previous 12 months . |
| 11 | When you 're giving feedback to people , yes , there were going to bad things about what they 've done , yes , there 's going to be good things , but if you can catch the bad things between two good things , even if the good things are just saying thank you , they 're going to go away with a bigger smile on their face , and probably feel more motivated for the next time they do that task . |
| 12 | Well the County made certificates for the Polytechnic phase two student hostels off John Garne Way , er that actually for phase one was about the last time they got an award at all , and er the panel were very pleased with those , they said they had a nice community feel , and yet the occupants had some privacy , they thought they , and they were pleased to see how well phase one had weathered as well . |
| 13 | At this rate she might as well give him a blow-by-blow description of the last time they had shared the bench , and save him the trouble of remembering . |
| 14 | The storm was just triggering memories of the last time they had been in a storm together . |
| 15 | I 'm suggesting we send that man a voucher for fifty pound that his company or he puts towards the next time they buy a full fare or an Apex and then we actually get fifty quid or a hundred and fifty quid . |
| 16 | It is the most addictive drug ever — many become addicted from the first time they use it . |
| 17 | Ace had been giving her conflicting messages ever since the first time they 'd met again outside her bedroom door in France . |
| 18 | But it seemed Lucie had lost a lot of weight since the last time they had played it . |
| 19 | None of them mentioned Richard or Hubert Molland ; nor did they refer to the last time they had all had tea together . |