Example sentences of "the [num ord] time in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did this after he had cut the grooves for the second time in the stretchers . |
| 2 | For only the second time in the 103-year history of the Army Cup , a unit has won the coveted trophy for three years in succession . |
| 3 | The headmistress let out a yell that must have rattled every window-pane in the building and for the second time in the last five minutes she shot out of her chair like a rocket . |
| 4 | New Zealand , for the second time in the series , were without Willie Watson , with a recurrence of a thigh strain , and gave a debut to the burly Rod Latham . |
| 5 | The United Kingdom failed to secure re-election to the Commission for a further three-year term , for only the second time in the Commission 's history . |
| 6 | Then , for the second time in the short span that she had known the man , her mouth fell open . |
| 7 | This is the second time in the last 2 weeks that Julian Cleave has surveyed the aftermath of an arson attack . |
| 8 | Simon Brain broke his leg for the second time in the welsh cup on wednesday and is out for the rest of the season … local youngster Paul Eversham will be given a chance to prove himself … |
| 9 | Eric Cantona 's 85th minute goal was far too little and unfortunately far too late to save Howard Wilkinson 's men suffering the agony of going out for the second time in the space of five weeks . |
| 10 | That 's the second time in the past four weeks we 've had missed that . |
| 11 | And that 's the second time in the past four weeks that those pieces have been missing from it . |
| 12 | That 's the second time in the past four weeks we 've had missed that |
| 13 | And that 's the second time in the past four weeks that those pieces have been missing from it |
| 14 | When Chris Lewis replaced Malcolm , ball dominated bat for the first time in the match , with nothing to show for it . |
| 15 | For the first time in the history of the service , army units have been sent in to maintain order in prisons , writes Sarah Lambert . |
| 16 | For the first time in the saga of occupation and exodus , the organisational skills of the Red Cross began to succumb yesterday to the sheer magnitude of the task facing it . |
| 17 | ALEXANDER MOGILNY , the Soviet forward who defected during the world championships in Stockholm , is among the Soviet contingent appearing in the NHL , which begins its 1989-90 season today , for the first time in the League 's 73-year history . |
| 18 | WELSH RUGBY was united for the first time in the last few stormy months when the 203 member clubs of the Welsh Rugby Union decided to sever playing links with South Africa last night . |
| 19 | The net costs of Eagle Lodges appear for the first time in the income and expenditure account and are largely attributable to setting up costs as there was little income from occupancy during 1990 . |
| 20 | In Zambia , the provision of hybrid maize seed , fertiliser and marketing services to small-scale farmers dated from the mid 1960s ; in Kenya the provision of such services was extended for the first time in the 1960s well beyond the Kikuyu . |
| 21 | Steve Jones will run for the first time in the Morpeth-Newcastle , Britain 's oldest road race , on New Year 's Day .. |
| 22 | Steve Jones will run for the first time in the Morpeth-Newcastle , Britain 's oldest road race , on New Year 's Day .. |
| 23 | Jenny Pitman 's Do Be Brief stepped onto a racecourse for the first time in the first division of the Christmas Pudding Novice Hurdle and made quite an impression in beating Sailor 's Luck , but not half as big as his stable-companion Egypt Mill , who looked something special in landing the second division by 10 lengths . |
| 24 | For the first time in the lives of many Romanians , they can ‘ shop around ’ . |
| 25 | Their first innings made only 205 , with 57 from Smith and 43 from debutante Bailey ( whose reward , after failing in the second innings , was to be dropped against Sri Lanka , one of the most astonishing pieces of selectoral crassness for years ) ; but on the second morning , in real sunshine for about the first time in the rubber , Foster bowled splendidly to decapitate the order . |
| 26 | That morning I met my father on the middle landing of the stairs , and we were alone together for the first time in the holidays . |
| 27 | For the first time in the contest since the initial attack , Jacob 's adversary seizes the initiative . |
| 28 | It showed a replay of Tammuz meeting Ari for the first time in the canteen . |
| 29 | I remember some years ago being called by a man who told me he had just now heard things for the first time in the Beethoven Fifth . |
| 30 | Indeed , if Portsmouth and Sunderland were to defy the odds and emerge victorious from today 's matches against Liverpool and Norwich , it would be the first time in the 120-year history of the tournament that two teams from the Second Division contested the final . |