Example sentences of "and [adv] the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the first and perhaps the last time that I shall desire it . |
| 2 | It is only the fifth time in the post-war history of the tournament that this has happened , and only the third time there has been a First Division v Second Division clash in each semi-final . |
| 3 | He considered resigning , for the first and not the last time , but failed to do so . |
| 4 | and then the second time she had it done |
| 5 | And then he talked to his family , and then the third time I asked him again , and he still said it was okay , and so we did it . |
| 6 | And then the next time I 'll probably give you some intervals and ask you what they are . |
| 7 | Not doubling it , not trebling it , but to improve it by something like five or ten percent , and then the next time we go to a sales conference , you 'll be the ones winning the prizes , instead of the people who 've to be winning the prizes , because you 'll not have to improve it by much to win the prizes do you ? |
| 8 | And then the next time , a few years later he 'd got it back |
| 9 | And then the last time ; that had turned out to be a walk on the wild side . |
| 10 | And sadly the first time he flew without me he perished , leaving Bob Pointer and myself wondering why events in our puny lives are so ordained and arranged as to inflict the maximum hurt at a time like that . |