Example sentences of "[num ord] time [Wh adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yesterday they lost for the second time when they fell 6-7 , 7-6 , 6-3 , 6-4 to Todd Witsken of the United States and Jorge Lozano of Mexico . |
| 2 | Yesterday they lost for the second time when they fell 6-7 , 7-6 , 6-3 , 6-4 to Todd Witsken of the United States and Jorge Lozano of Mexico . |
| 3 | She had just pressed it a second time when she heard a faint voice above the High Street traffic . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Luce was about to ask a second time where they were when the door was opened by a plump , middle-aged woman wearing a neat black dress . |
| 6 | It had passed for the thirteenth time when she returned her attention to the bead of light , and caught her breath . |
| 7 | An Irish audience saw the All Blacks for the first time when they trained at Donnybrook on Monday , and the first impression of Mick Quinn , the former international fly-half , was : ‘ The omens are not good . |
| 8 | After moving to Grimsetter and Hatston respectively , this unit embarked aboard the carrier HMS Indefatigable , and in the period July 14 to 19 , 1944 , took its Fireflies into action for the first time when they supported FAA raids on the German battleship Tirpitz by attacking gun positions and two German naval vessels . |
| 9 | This form of arranged marriage , the ‘ minor marriage ’ , could be compared with a more common form of arranged marriage , the ‘ major marriage ’ , in which the partners met each other for the first time when they were adolescents . |
| 10 | In the final RUGBY UNION : Middlesbrough Wasps reached the final of the North Yorkshire Trophy for the first time when they beat Rowntrees 11–6 at Acklam Park yesterday . |
| 11 | I was not consulted about membership of the Group , and with the exception of Dr Charles Suckling , a member of the Kingman Committee , I met the members for the first time when we assembled in London for our opening working session . |
| 12 | Belgian hotshot Florence Descampe tasted US victory for the first time when she defied the cream of the LPGA Tour to win the Stratton Mountain Classic in Vermont . |
| 13 | Angie Bowie : I actually met David for the first time when he was with feathers at the Roundhouse and I was with the European head of Mercury Records , a gentleman called Lou Reisner . |
| 14 | He said he took heroin for the first time when he was on the rebound from a broken relationship . |
| 15 | It was rather like when he had gone to Paris for the first time when he was eighteen . |
| 16 | Shannon had met him for the first time when he 'd arrived to film the pilot episode , and her dislike for the golden Adonis had been instant . |
| 17 | Charlie 's hearing was fully restored a week later and a smile appeared on his lips for the first time when he saw Grace standing by his side pouring him a cup of tea . |
| 18 | Well the first time when he found it could comb is hair straight back with his right hand ; he could dry himself under his arms properly instead of just sort of wiping at it with a towel ; wash his teeth better , instead of using his left hand with difficulty because he 's never been really left handed . |
| 19 | I was operated on for the first time when I was two or three weeks old . |
| 20 | He looked at me for the first time when I said this . |
| 21 | My sister had a baby about three months ago , and I met it for the first time when I went home . ’ |
| 22 | I now see that Travis is so smitten that he would n't accept anything but that , meeting me for the first time when I called at your apartment , you at once became very much attracted to me . |
| 23 | I was taken there for the first time when I was six weeks old in a motor side car down from London to just within ten miles of Bury St Edmunds . |
| 24 | And another good old word is the crome , now er that was one I came across for the first time when I came into Suffolk , the crome . |
| 25 | I mean I was shocked the first time when I went |
| 26 | You are entering the market for the first time when you write a letter about yourself to either agent , casting director , producer or director . |
| 27 | But the second time , they tell me , is n't as good as the first time when you go . |
| 28 | Really is good Saw it first time when it was out last year I ca n't think that twenty more days and I 'm a fucking away . |
| 29 | Never mind , perhaps next time when we meet and hopefully we 'll be meeting again in say a fortnight 's time , erm we can set some time aside when you 'll both be here cos I 'm sure she 'll be interested to hear what I 've got to come back and talk about . |
| 30 | Oh well next time when you go just go on the proper date that you should go on |