Example sentences of "time [pron] [verb] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1	‘ By the time I had scored the third time I did n't feel tired .
2	Walking forward , face scarlet , legs turned to jelly and arms stiff and awkward , she felt like a marionette , but by the time she had shown the third model , ‘ Wicked Lady ’ , she had begun almost to enjoy herself .
3	By the time she had rolled the last lump of dog food into the canal , the sun was beginning to rise in the east .
4	By the time you 've said the last blessing your food is digested . ’
5	By the time we had dressed the first grey light of the day had appeared at the window .
6	However , by the time we had spotted the first speck through our high-powered binoculars , the vulture was already descending .
7	‘ Ironically by the time we came to do the first episode again , my hair had grown a little longer , so it was n't quite as eye-catching , but even so I think it 's a very unrecognised feather in Doctor Who 's cap that we created the look which launched Vidal Sassoon on his road to fame and fortune . ’
8	This time we want to make the 1st division .
9	By the time we have fed the second and , thank God , final group of a dozen we are frozen .
10	This was the first time they had reached the second round and it was reflected in the atmosphere , though the official attendance of 3,877 , a record for the purpose-built Meadow Park ground , was hardly accurate .
11	By the time they had reached the third field she was beginning to feel more at ease in the saddle .
12	It was the first time they had mentioned the third who was there in the room with them , though they had both felt his presence , and she , indeed , had lived with it close and uncomforted for a year .
13	By the time he had reached the fourth verse Athelstan was already distracted .
14	He says that he was told his father was alive after the first crash … by the time he 'd had the second crash in the rescue boat he was dead .

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