Example sentences of "for the twentieth time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I ca n't say how I feel , ’ Herr Nordern said for the twentieth time . |
| 2 | ‘ But why ca n't I join Brownies , Mummy ? ’ she asked for the twentieth time . |
| 3 | Naturally most of the boys opted for ‘ the strip ’ and each time the innuendo was made the girls pretended it was terribly witty and original , If a little naughty , just as they did when they were asked for the twentieth time if perhaps they might be the prize . |
| 4 | It was the twentieth time he had confessed such ignorance , but for the twentieth time it did not satisfy Jane Sharpe who sat naked to the waist at the room 's small dressing-table . |
| 5 | The smaller girl was already quietly repeating the words of her song for the twentieth time . |
| 6 | Minor disturbances , such as threatening the postman with a knife when , for the twentieth time , her expectancy of a letter was disappointed , were passed over , but the soap powder was a little frightening . |