Example sentences of "the [num ord] time [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 So what was wrong with her ? she asked herself for the hundredth time as she sat sipping a glass of wine in his apartment in the Barbican some weeks after they 'd first met .
2 It was only the second time since they had been married that she had rebuffed him .
3 And for the second time since she 'd first met him , he turned on his heel and left her , his blistering words still seeming to echo in the very air around her .
4 The eternal flame went out yesterday for the second time since it was lit on July 26 last year .
5 I mean they were bright green , and I thought it was a different bike , I did n't even noticed the second time if it was a ladies or a man 's bike .
6 Labour 's positive agenda opens up the prospect for the first time since we joined the Community in 1973 of Britain participating constructively in the European Community .
7 It rained for the first time since we arrived in Sian today ; There has been a drought all winter , and the townsfolk have been out into the countryside to help water the crops .
8 and you know the first time since we 've been married I 've been able to actually cook a roast dinner and washed up by two o'clock on
9 For the first time since they began the surveys , Dun and Bradstreet report a negative outlook for the profits of retailers , which indicates a gloomy outlook for consumer spending in the run-up to Christmas .
10 When they went through the first gate at the bottom of the hill they were out of people 's eyes for the first time since they had met .
11 A nine-year-old , he is the ideal age and will be ridden by Hywel Davies for the first time since they won the 1989 Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup .
12 After clinching the Bob Lord Trophy against Runcorn in midweek , Wycombe travel to Altrincham today hoping to relieve Colchester of the leadership for the first time since they went top five months ago .
13 Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ .
14 THE BIRTHDAY PARTY , the highly influential Australian band of the late '70s/early '80s , reunited for the first time since they split in 1983 at an NME -sponsored gig last week .
15 The triggers for Britain 's nuclear bombs were tested within their thick concrete walls and they housed the first experiments into radar.The buildings , on a remote spit of land on the Suffolk coast , may not be the oldest but they are certainly among the most historic and sinister in the ownership of the National Trust.They are on Orford Ness , a desolate wildlife haven , which has become the Trust 's latest acquisition at a cost of £3.5 million.Yesterday , in pouring rain and silence broken only by the eerie shriek of gulls , the buildings were shown to journalists for what is thought to be the first time since they were erected.Strands of barbed wire and a Ministry of Defence ‘ keep out ’ notice are now the only remaining evidence of the tight security , overseen by armed guards , which surrounded one of Britain 's most secret research establishments .
16 Jacko looked him in the eyes for the first time since they 'd met .
17 For the first time since they 'd come into the house , Roman turned his dark gaze directly on to her .
18 Their spirits had parted , and though their bodies stayed together for a while longer , it was the first time since they had met that they found it difficult to talk .
19 For the first time since they had left the house , he seemed rather less relaxed .
20 KENNY MORRIS starred in his own version of ‘ Lethal Weapon ’ in front of the cameras yesterday as Holywood clinched the Harp Senior League Championship for the first time since they changed their name from Belfast YMCA in 1987 .
21 In some parts of the south-east , groundwater levels are lower than at any time since records began 200 years ago , with some boreholes in the Chiltern Hills drying up for the first time since they were sunk last century .
22 And the Tynesiders could be among the medals for the first time since they won the event in 1987 and 1988 .
23 After Arsenal had demolished Coventry City 3-0 at Highbury to take top place for the first time since they won the Championship in May 1991 , Graham said : ‘ It is no good looking back .
24 In early July the waiting was broken by the excitement of Maggie coming home for the first time since she had left for London .
25 For the first time since she arrived in Rome , the connection came up immediately and she could hear Nora 's voice , distant but clear , at the other end .
26 For the first time since she iced her Dad , Jazzbeaux felt she really had a purpose on this dull earth .
27 For the first time since she 'd appeared she said his name , tentatively , as though in this darkness she 'd suddenly doubted he was real .
28 A light breeze made play with her skirts and , for the first time since she had arrived at Yelton , she wished she could let down her hair and feel the wind run its fingers through it .
29 For the first time since she had moved back into the house , she knew she could n't face an evening with Jacob .
30 He guided her every step of the way , and for the first time since she 'd joined C 's Circus she felt like a woman being seduced .
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