Example sentences of "[prep] the [num ord] time [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | said farewell to Key Street staff for the second time round in March , having retired previously from the engineering department . |
| 2 | Until last year , Longchamp was the only place to be , but now Phoenix Park in Dublin , where the Cartier Million will be staged for the second time tomorrow , provides a tempting alternative . |
| 3 | PEOPLE 'S CHOICE … world Formula One champion Nigel Mansell was last night voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year for the second time ahead of Olympic gold medallists Linford Christie and Sally Gunnell . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Going on to the last lap Dunlop had matters well in hand but further down the field behind McCallen there was drama when Alan Patterson , who had been in third place and going well , suddenly shot through the final bend and took the wrong road for the second time today losing his chance of a place . |
| 8 | Trusting to things mechanical for the second time today , he sank below on a hydraulic platform designed for wheelchairs . |
| 9 | A DIVORCED couple married for the second time today … 53 years after their first wedding . |
| 10 | When he took the stage to collect the award ( winning it for the second time following two years of Vivienne Westwood ) , Ozbek did n't stand a chance . |
| 11 | THE Duke and Duchess of Kent became grandparents for the second time yesterday when the Earl of St Andrews and his wife had a baby girl . |
| 12 | England call upon John for the 32nd time tomorrow and that means his 29th international on the bench unless I get injured . |
| 13 | It had passed for the thirteenth time when she returned her attention to the bead of light , and caught her breath . |
| 14 | You are entering the market for the first time when you write a letter about yourself to either agent , casting director , producer or director . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Wakefield soon took the lead for the first time when Conway 's towering kick bounced over the line for Mason to touch down near the posts . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Ajax , three-times winners of the European Cup , reached the UEFA Cup Final for the first time when last night 's 1–1 draw with Genoa gave the Dutch club a 4–3 aggregate win . |
| 19 | I experienced tears of real grief for the first time when my granny died . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | He said he took heroin for the first time when he was on the rebound from a broken relationship . |
| 23 | Last Thursday their problems became public for the first time when Allen began a legal battle for custody of three of their children . |
| 24 | Many congratulations to LLOYD COLE who became a father for the first time when his wife recently gave birth to a baby boy Billy , in New York . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | I was operated on for the first time when I was two or three weeks old . |
| 28 | He looked at me for the first time when I said this . |
| 29 | It was rather like when he had gone to Paris for the first time when he was eighteen . |
| 30 | 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 . |