Example sentences of "struck [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then disaster struck for the second time when he pulled a tendon in his left leg , an injury that has ended many a greyhound 's racing career . |
| 2 | ARSONISTS have struck for the second time in five days at a Middlesbrough park . |
| 3 | Under headlines such as ‘ Fiend 's third victim ’ ( Daily Mirror ) and ‘ Terror of tape bondage rapist ’ ( Sun ) , it was noted how ‘ a sticky-tape sex-fiend has struck for the third time ’ bringing ‘ terror to a triangle of Hampshire towns ’ . |
| 4 | MEAN-HEARTED thieves have struck for the third time at the Wrexham depot of the Operation Christmas Child charity , stealing a fax machine used to send out vital documents for aid convoys . |
| 5 | We know rather little about what kind of bargains are struck at the present time although inheritance is always a possible way of ensuring that the balance of support does not tip too much in one direction , even if its use is not spoken about openly . |
| 6 | A somewhat similar note was being struck at the same time in Scotland by the lay theologian Thomas Erskine of Linlathen ( 1788–1870 ) . |