Example sentences of "his [noun] the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yanto went on to tell Billy about his experience the last time he had used Selwyn 's lavatory . |
| 2 | He was run off his legs the last time and he had only just been paid for the quarter . ’ |
| 3 | I imagined Perkin threading along that trail at night , following the paint quite easily as he 'd been that way already in daylight , and being secretly pleased with himself because if he had inadvertently left any traces of his passage the first time they could be explained away naturally by the second . |
| 4 | Placement support which at the least minimised the chances that the ex-patient would be evicted from his home or sacked from his job the first time a problem occurred would seem essential . |
| 5 | She did not speak when he raised his eyebrows the second time , so in went onions , mustard and ketchup . |