Example sentences of "about the [num ord] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was thinking — and something had happened that day to make him do so — about the first time he had seen the female golden eagle in the Zoo . |
| 2 | I 'm going to write about the first time I met G.P. |
| 3 | Right here I just wanted to tell about the first time I ever saw him . |
| 4 | I 'd like you to tell me about the first time you were really aware of these symptoms , then the worst episode you can remember , and then the last … . |
| 5 | This is about the fourth time we 've played |
| 6 | About the third time we went to the beach ( I took them to the one known since 1945 as ‘ Staging Post B ’ ) , as soon as I rejoined the group I realised she 'd told them . |
| 7 | The make-up girl went to work on me as Duncan and I reminisced about the last time we 'd worked together . |
| 8 | Well the County made certificates for the Polytechnic phase two student hostels off John Garne Way , er that actually for phase one was about the last time they got an award at all , and er the panel were very pleased with those , they said they had a nice community feel , and yet the occupants had some privacy , they thought they , and they were pleased to see how well phase one had weathered as well . |
| 9 | ‘ No , really — think about the last time you went a day without wearing make-up and I bet it would be a frighteningly long time ago . ’ |
| 10 | A Nottingham police inspector has been telling an inquest about the last time he saw his teenage daughter alive . |