Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] the [num ord] time [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 What we 've got for the first time I suspect , since any of you joined this company and you take the experience over there as well , is that the time you spend two days together , and actually find out what it is that makes you go and I do n't suppose that happens often , , dropped you off the boat together for more than two hours at a time .
2 The hon. Gentleman referred to the last time it occurred .
3 Rokeya 's flat was so precisely as Lee remembered it that she felt as if no time had passed between the last time she had been inside it and the present day .
4 The hardline leadership admitted for the first time it regretted the exodus , admitted there were problems and conceded it might be partly to blame .
5 A packed City Hall did not have long to wait as Lewis roared in with several more stinging rights and left hooks and when Garber was floored for the second time he had no chance of beating the count .
6 It is the most addictive drug ever — many become addicted from the first time they use it .
7 Sam 's mind quickly returned to the last time he had seen Clare , when she had returned early from the beach to find Sam in their bed , and not alone .
8 Has the size of your household changed since the last time you bought a kitchen appliance ?
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