Example sentences of "[num] and for the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new trolleybus service was numbered 654 and for the first time there was a through service crossing the main road at West Croydon . |
| 2 | Troubled by a cold and a painful left shoulder , he managed only a 73 and for the third time in four starts missed the cut . |
| 3 | Andrew Beattie was allowed a visit by his wife for a few minutes around half-past one and for the first time he learned that no strike organisers had been arrested other than in the Rathcoole district . |
| 4 | His two goals helped Vale beat local rivals Stoke for the first time since 1956 and for the first time ever in the FA Cup . |
| 5 | This was held on 16 February 1936 and for the first time in the history of the Second Republic involved an evenly matched contest between large , cohesive left- and right-wing alliances ; the Radical Party virtually disappeared as a significant force , leaving the political centre effectively unrepresented . |