Example sentences of "the [noun pl] the [num ord] time " in BNC.

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1 Look less far than the mountains the next time you wish your questions answered .
2 He seemed to settle finally for us , us being the police , or at least the fact-seekers and , clearing his throat , he told me that his men with grappling irons and magnets had missed finding the floorboards the first time , probably because the floorboards were n't magnetic .
3 The East Anglian side were also the culprits the last time Atkinson hit an all-time low , when Ipswich beat his West Brom side in the 1978 FA Cup semi-finals .
4 Kimber had previously done some building work there , and had promised to bring the dancers the next time the side was out .
5 Keep listening until you are sure that you will recognise the sounds the next time you hear them , then withdraw the spade and push it back into the ground some feet away .
6 Now , I says I 'll get the police the next time !
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