Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the fourth [noun] in " in BNC.

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1 She looked at her watch for the fourth time in two minutes .
2 In one of his congress speeches , Mr Nyers drew the curious analogy with the collapse of the Fourth Republic in France , and ‘ democracy ’ by General de Gaulle .
3 It held that in principle a drug test is a ‘ search ’ within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment in the Bill of Rights .
4 Last season United watched Schmeichel regularly as Brondby won the Danish title for the fourth time in five years and reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup .
5 Burning Point , from Sir Mark Prescott 's Newmarket stable , can get off the mark at the fourth attempt in the opening Parliament Maiden Stakes .
6 Then I soberly tick off my own failings : defeatism , fear of the black off its spot , terror of the fourth ball in a break ( not a regular terror for obvious reasons ) , plus a tendency to play my best only when several frames down .
7 We portray ourselves as a rabble , and certainly are no example to the fourth form in a school .
8 The Test and County Cricket Board have been working on a detailed financial plan aimed at hosting the competition for the fourth time in 1995 .
9 DARREN HALL , seemingly able to run forever , won the Oracle English National Championship for the fourth time in five years at Crawley last night .
10 DARREN HALL , seemingly able to run for ever , won the Oracle English National Championship for the fourth time in five years at Crawley last night .
11 Reformat the name and address in the fourth paragraph in italics
12 There is even an echo of the testing time of his twelfth year in the fourth book in the sequence , The Betrayer , when he has to find a way of helping one of the Confederates , involved in a misguided conspiracy against the young Emperor , without being disloyal to his ruler .
13 The Conservatives were returned to power for the fourth election in a row with 42 per cent or more of the popular vote .
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