Example sentences of "he [vb past] for the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | He waited for the first time Phillis was out , and scored the record . |
| 32 | He kicked for the fourth time . |
| 33 | In August 1971 , the same year in which he married for the second time , Canetti 's brother , Georg , was dying . |
| 34 | Towards the end of his long life he married for the second time . |
| 35 | He was barely 20 years old and already working the nightclub circuit when he wed for the first time . |
| 36 | Equally uncertain is the length of his stay in Egypt : Ibn Hajar , followed by Taskopruzade , says only that " he returned to Rum and was appointed kadi of Bursa " , which post , as will be shown below , he held for the first time probably from about 795/1392–3 to about 805/1402–3 . |
| 37 | Who was it ? he wondered for the thousandth time . |