Example sentences of "[art] [num ord] time they " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the second time they had broken up and been reconciled . |
| 2 | In one group of eight , half chose to go in for their first farrowing ; the second time they farrowed , all eight went in . |
| 3 | They were awake before dawn and for the second time they heard the chorus begin as a trickle and grow swiftly to a torrent as the birds welcomed the great Trumpeter . |
| 4 | This was the second time they had done the walk , and they found it tougher than in previous years . |
| 5 | It was only the second time they had worked together . |
| 6 | The second time they did this , it suddenly came home to Grant just how terrified Jim Miller and his pal must have been , unarmed and defenceless , the night they had made their escape bid . |
| 7 | It was the second time they 'd searched for her , following sightings in North Oxford . |
| 8 | For the umpteenth time they have arisen because Labour nominees have failed to attend a single meeting in the previous 12 months . |
| 9 | They keep being written off but they keep bouncing back with this the eighth time they have topped the table this season . |
| 10 | That was the fourth time they 'd had Michael and Helen to dinner . |
| 11 | That was the fourth time they 'd had Helen and Michael to dinner . |
| 12 | It did not matter that it was only the fourth time they had met ; she knew this moment was exceptional in her life and that , while their physical passion might be impulsive and unplanned , it was inescapable . |
| 13 | ‘ Mind you , it 's the first time they 've been here , and if I 'm any judge it 'll be the last . |
| 14 | It may be some months or even years later when , for the first time they over-correct from a practice stall , they experience a substantial reduction in ‘ g ’ loading . |
| 15 | Several transplants have been tried before , but this is the first time they have continued to function for a long period , according to the researchers at the University of Alberta , in Edmonton . |
| 16 | The Home Secretary 's reserve powers were not intended to be used frequently and this was the first time they had been used . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 169 all out gave West Indies a win by an innings and 79 runs , the first time they had beaten England by an innings at home since 1934–5 ; by coincidence , it was the first time an England captain had chosen to field first in the Caribbean since Wyatt did in the same series . |
| 19 | Though Jan was not initially aware of it , this was not the first time they 'd been cast together . |
| 20 | I imagined Perkin threading along that trail at night , following the paint quite easily as he 'd been that way already in daylight , and being secretly pleased with himself because if he had inadvertently left any traces of his passage the first time they could be explained away naturally by the second . |
| 21 | Their 4-1 defeat by Australia here last year was the first time they had lost a one-day series at home . |
| 22 | The next candidate , Richard Baxter , was unanimously chosen the first time they heard him preach . |
| 23 | For the first time they had a doctor with them , Malcolm Pleydell , who had been posted to L Detachment and had completed his parachute training . |
| 24 | They had done so the first time they got water for me and I had assumed they would continue . |
| 25 | The first time they came it was for ‘ Bob-a-job ’ week , but now they just come . |
| 26 | Most children reject new foods the first time they are offered , but if your child clearly finds the food disagreeable , even after trying it three or four times , then do n't serve it up again . |
| 27 | Although they had often stayed in the country , this was the first time they had lived in it , and that makes all the difference . |
| 28 | For some people this is literally the first time they have thought about and felt sensual responses in their own body . |
| 29 | The first time they had met , he had fished her headgear out of the canal . |
| 30 | It is the most addictive drug ever — many become addicted from the first time they use it . |