Example sentences of "[vb past] it [art] [num ord] time " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | I hated it the first time . |
3 | But I still enjoyed it the second time . |
4 | And I like Lovejoy , except I 've missed but they 're repeats , but I never saw it the first time . |
5 | We saw it the last time in action on the weekend of the French vote on Maastricht — harnessing all our resources to serve the viewer and listener in a way no-one else can . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | As he walked downstairs , he read it a third time to make sure . |
8 | When he did it a second time , I put the light out . |
9 | When she did it the second time . |
10 | We liked it the first time , it was a bit like |
11 | had it the last time . |
12 | I I th I thought I thought it was I S actually from the way you said it the first time , but that was just a guess . |
13 | That 's what I thought it was at first but when he said it the next time it sounded different , it was nymph , rag nymph , that 's what he called me . |
14 | Jonathan always thinks that what he says is so fantastic that he 's got to say it twice in case you missed it the first time round . |
15 | Round and round , and back again , everything spins around , passing by if you missed it the first time . |
16 | I missed it the last time round . ’ |