Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] a [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They wo n't catch me a second time . |
| 2 | He began gathering the books together , handling them with exaggerated care and opening them a second time to gaze at Melissa 's signature . |
| 3 | But I could make no sort of impression upon him … when I visited him a second time , the fear of death was gone , and with it all solicitude about religion . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I just do n't fancy tackling her a third time . ’ |
| 5 | If you tell him to jump a jump twice , he does it ; but when you tell him to jump it a third time , he says , ‘ I 've had it , I 've done it twice and I 'm not going to do it again ! ’ |
| 6 | He is made to jump it a third time , even if you have to stand there all night . |
| 7 | Could she survive it a second time ? |
| 8 | Mungo predicted that if he ignored her a second time , she would go away . |
| 9 | She closed the lid ; when the catch failed to operate , she slammed it a second time with a violence that made several of the slumberers lift their heads . |
| 10 | Eventually , he climbed them a second time , very deliberately . |
| 11 | Fearful of waking him a second time I waited . |
| 12 | So , ‘ Goodnight , ’ she bade him a second time , her goodnight this time , however , sounding husky and hasty as she started to hurry back to her room . |
| 13 | He could torture her all he wanted , but he would not succeed in breaking her a second time . |
| 14 | when I visit him a second time he did n't turn up at all |
| 15 | If you then get it a second time you will then possibly have an allergic reaction to the horse serum . |
| 16 | I could n't face it a second time . |
| 17 | S. H. We were held responsible for property and we had to go round and test every doorway and that would occupy the first time round — say an hour and a half — and then usually you had to go round and test them a second time , just to make sure . |
| 18 | A clip round the ear has more chance of preventing him from doing something a second time than bringing all these other agencies in . |
| 19 | He could n't think of anything else to say , so he made as if to kiss her a third time . |
| 20 | It is a frightening experience , and I have never heard of anyone doing it a second time . |
| 21 | Dave said , ‘ The most frightening part of the jump was climbing out of the plane and having to crawl along the wing before jumping , but I look forward to doing it a second time just for fun ! ’ |
| 22 | The Duty Officer made it a fifth time , glanced , not without anxiety at the brief-case , momentarily at Frau Nordern , then with relief , over her shoulder , and jerked his lumps and bumps . |
| 23 | As he walked downstairs , he read it a third time to make sure . |
| 24 | By the time I had heard it a fifth time , one of football 's most respected managers stood accused of everything from gross indecency to impotence . |
| 25 | She had just pressed it a second time when she heard a faint voice above the High Street traffic . |
| 26 | When he did it a second time , I put the light out . |
| 27 | ‘ I did n't think you could get it a second time . |
| 28 | are you saying , er , I 'll put it a third time , are you saying or not that you do not know whether the figures that you published are accurate until twenty one months later ? , is that what you 're saying ? |
| 29 | And now I 've lost him a second time , and this time for ever ! |
| 30 | He had kissed her a second time . |