Example sentences of "[conj] the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe after you overcome the awkwardness of the first , or the second time , it 's really very easy . |
| 2 | It went into your jotter , your jotter was handed in on the Monday morning , or the first time you went to the eng the English class and the teacher was his name , he went over that and if you 'd missed out a comma , you see or a full stop or anything like that . |
| 3 | not for the first , or the last time to come — |
| 4 | It would not be the first or the last time . |
| 5 | It would n't be the first time that a man has been seduced by female beauty and been left the poorer for his pleasure , nor the first time Lotta has attempted by stealth to deprive me of something which I value . ’ |
| 6 | Not that time , nor the next time they went ; nor the next , nor the next … |
| 7 | The next time it rang he was so absorbed in the problem of getting the pistol to work that he did not notice it ; nor the next time either . |
| 8 | Well , three nuts spat me out and I can honestly say that the first time I fell , headfirst , facing outwards , above the wall we had just climbed , I really did see stars . |
| 9 | Seán Mac Stíofáin indicates that the first time the leadership discussed the civil rights movement was when |
| 10 | It 's just that the first time it happens , especially if you are used to the more genteel reduction in power and revs of a Lycoming or a Continental when you throttle back , it does n't half make the old adrenalin start flowing . |
| 11 | I remember that the first time I came to Semer Water was as a boy on my bike . |
| 12 | The only problem is that the first time you do it for each project if it 's a ne if it 's a an old project , then we are going to have to put something in the field which summarizes the total remit for the whole of the group to date . |
| 13 | Except that the first time round the Indians saw that Firmin survived and they ran away because they were afraid , and the second time round they saw they 'd killed Antonio , which was quite the wrong result for them so they ran away because it had all gone wrong . |
| 14 | He also liked to remind him that the first time he had seen him was during the military parade in Cairo to celebrate Kuhammad Rea 's marriage to Princes Fawzia in 1939 . " |
| 15 | I knew that the first time she mentioned it . |
| 16 | so you would actually be talking to economists , lawyers and accountants , and very often you had a feeling that the first time they had come together to talk to each other was when the CNAA arrived . |
| 17 | ‘ Y-you asked me that the first time we met . ’ |
| 18 | Kevin , why did he give Michelle those glasses , I did n't wash them properly , is that the first time |
| 19 | Something which is important to say is that the first time you have a contact with somebody and you do a piece , you 're , you 're meeting for the first time , it 's slightly awkward and you 're getting to know each other slightly , the second time you do it easier , it 's easier , and if you establish relationships with the local press , local radio and so forth , it gets easier and easier all the time , because by the time you get to know people , it 's not sort of ‘ Can I speak to somebody who does a programme about the morning whatever it is ? |
| 20 | It 's a masterpiece , I mean we have been it 's on every year in this country somewhere , and the idea that the first time a Parisian company should put on Peter Grimes in 1981 is staggering . |
| 21 | The worry , of course , is that the next time around the owner will say , ‘ It 's not worth preserving — it 's just a facade . ’ |
| 22 | Once the system has established what is being asked of it , the request is stored so that the next time it comes up there is no need to waste time asking the same questions over again . |
| 23 | There 's always the chance , though , that the next time I step on stage , it will be . |
| 24 | So that the next time a shop assistant ( particularly one who looks as if he might not know what day of the week it is ) asks how Sir or Madam will be paying they 'll say ‘ Cash ’ and make quite sure they rip up the receipt as they leave . |
| 25 | This had caused such abnormal interest that the next time he was asked he said that he worked in a garage . |
| 26 | Still I approve of his wish that the next time round he will become a woman so that he can bear children . |
| 27 | If we avoid facing up to it we then make it more likely that the next time the situation , or a similar one , is encountered we will avoid it again . |
| 28 | Think about that the next time you hear about a Palestinian child murdered by the Israeli army ( who are Irgun in new uniforms ) , for throwing stones . |
| 29 | so we agreed that the next time a priest was around |
| 30 | ( Who knows , they may even enjoy a book so much that the next time the author is published they may even buy it at full price ! ) |