Example sentences of "[num] [prep] the [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | You might , for example , inquire after Richard Dunwoody , whose Becher 's Brook fall on the much-fancied Brown Windsor was just one of the six times he hit the ground during the three-day meeting . |
2 | The year will be remembered as one of the best times we ever had . |
3 | She come off the phone and she said , bloody hell she said that one of the rare times I go to the trouble of making myself butties for dinner , cos usually she gets a pasty or something , and I get invited out for dinner , you this Viv er , a friend of hers , you know the one that was having trouble with all that drainage underneath the |
4 | ‘ It 's one of the fastest times I can remember for so early in the season , ’ said Christie . |
5 | I remember clearly one of the first times I gave a word of knowledge . |
6 | But joy of joys , the New Moon in Scorpio on the 29th and some stunning planetary aspects in early November should spark off some kind of personal revival and no matter how many times you have been let down or left in the lurch in the past , emotionally this can and ought to be one of the happiest times you have ever known . |
7 | ( One of the few times we missed out was with a 200lb sturgeon caught in the North Sea . |
8 | In fact , it was one of the few times I had seen him act in a civil way towards his stepmother . |
9 | One of the few times you will find big bream in waters which do not match up to the points I have mentioned is when they are the result of a recent stocking operation . |
10 | It was one of the few times he did n't get up and down from trouble , and that put us level . |
11 | ‘ One of the last times I saw my mother , I was borrowing money off her . |