Example sentences of "it [vb past] the [num ord] time " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | I did n't enjoy it when it happened the first time . |
| 2 | It marked the first time that an Offshore Division production platform has been used to process oil or natural gas from a third party well . |
| 3 | It does n't bother me the way it did the first time . |
| 4 | And even if a miracle somehow happened and he agreed to try again , it would simply end up exactly the same way it did the first time . |
| 5 | ‘ It would bore the rest of the company even more than it did the first time . ’ |
| 6 | The voice held the same polite incredulity as it had the first time . |
| 7 | She re-read the previous page , but by the time she 'd got to the bottom again it made as little sense as it had the first time . |