Example sentences of "he [vb past] the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next night , Captain Edward ( Ted ) Parsons RE and his paddler , Leading Seaman Irvine , prepared to land , Ted Parsons taking a ducking as he tried the first time to board the canoe in a nasty swell . |
| 2 | Algy used up his measure of luck , I was then given a super navigator with only the sharpest of pencils and the instinct of a homing pigeon who took me through my tour ; he perished the first time he New without me after I was hijacked to Bennett 's staff . |
| 3 | He recalled the first time he had seen the impressive building as a schoolboy on a day 's outing to see the sights of London . |
| 4 | Flaherty said to be sure this was true , although he misremembered the last time they 'd been called on to supply them , it being all of two years since the Wolfkings had been driven out by the Gruagach . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , for goodness ’ sake ! ’ he squeaked the third time it happened . |
| 6 | But the way he landed the third time I knew he would n't get up again . |
| 7 | He remembered the first time he had come there , his first coveted invitation to the home of one of the richest men in West Germany . |
| 8 | As he walked behind the lawnmower he did n't care for , he remembered the first time he 'd ever seen her . |
| 9 | He remembered the last time he had been in this situation . |
| 10 | He remembered the last time he had seen his father — Dermot Corcoran , he corrected himself — alive . |
| 11 | He remembered the last time he had been to see the dentist . |
| 12 | With a pang , he remembered the last time he had eaten fish and chips , the time he had met Irene Pitt . |
| 13 | He had spoken the compliment as though he really meant it , just as he had the first time he 'd said it . |
| 14 | There he was , Prince Nicolo Sabatini , standing at the rear of the showroom , completely alone , his arms folded over his chest , watching her exactly as he had the first time she 'd set eyes on him , with such a fierce blend of desire and anger that her heart leaped into her throat . |
| 15 | you know what he said the first time we went into sociology I mean I feel a bit like you must of felt then |
| 16 | He said the last time I went out he said was December the fifteenth , I said , and I 'll tell you something else , that was the last time I went out . |
| 17 | ‘ Just iced water , thanks , ’ he said the next time she screwed up enough nerve to go back to his table . |