Example sentences of "[prep] the [num ord] time [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter Butler , 40 , got divorced for the second time two years ago . |
| 2 | According to Lloyds Bank 's chief economic adviser , Patrick Foley , the industrial and commercial company sector will this year revert to financial balance for the first time 1987 . |
| 3 | Why can I read you like a book , when we only met for the first time four days ago ? |
| 4 | for the first time five years of ed |
| 5 | The Company 's hint was taken , and on 6th July the Charity Commissioners approved the new Board , which met for the first time twelve days later and agreed to advertise for a Headmaster who — after all the fuss and contrary to what may have been expected — was required to be an Anglican clergyman ! |
| 6 | It was at a dinner party in the flat , when they were in the kitchen together fetching yogurt and raspberries , that I heard for the first time one of them turn on the other in anger . |
| 7 | One company director — then unconverted — whom I took there for the first time one Tuesday had this reaction : ‘ All my life I have been longing without knowing it to hear preaching like this . ’ |
| 8 | Now the situation is changing and for the first time two excellent books have appeared on pain in children . |
| 9 | They said their father contacted them suddenly for the first time two months ago after walking out on them 18 years ago . |
| 10 | ( For the first time 1993 will see TMAM staging a spring ‘ jumble as well . ) |
| 11 | It brings together for the first time 24 internationally produced and acclaimed animations , displaying a vast array of styles and experimentation . |
| 12 | ‘ Binge ’ diary Week 1 Binged and vomited four times 2–3 Keeping her diary regularly 4 Returned home and told her family about problems with eating 5 Stopped weighing herself so frequently ; binged and vomited three times 6 Ate breakfast for first time 7 Allowed herself to ask for support from friends 8–9 Binged and vomited once each week 10 Expressed her feelings of sadness in the group for the first time 11–12 Ate three regular meals per day ; binges much smaller 13 A week free from bingeing and vomiting 14 A week free from bingeing and vomiting |
| 13 | She 'd spotted him for the first time three weekends ago when she 'd walked out on to the nightclub stage to perform her warm-up spot for the star turn of the evening . |
| 14 | Marianne is 33 and she married for the third time two years ago . |
| 15 | For it was at Upton Park that United lifted the title for the last time 25 years ago . |