Example sentences of "be a [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no question of saying to myself ‘ better luck next time ’ — there might not have been a next time . |
| 2 | The only cloud on the immediate horizon is raising a mortgage — especially if you are a first time buyer . |
| 3 | ‘ You got together again in Sydney a few years ago , I 'm told , and here you are a third time . |
| 4 | Good morning , Doug , I 'm a first time caller . |
| 5 | Ruth was not going to admit that she had never actually made a phone-call herself , but there had to be a first time for everything , and since Connor was out , this would be the ideal opportunity . |
| 6 | They 'll be a first time for everything ! |
| 7 | I 'm sure it is , I 've heard how good it is , so it 'll be a first time . |
| 8 | Zambia knew there would not be a next time . |
| 9 | ‘ There wo n't be a next time , I 've seen to that . |
| 10 | Next time — there will be a next time , I hope ? |
| 11 | ‘ There wo n't be a next time , ’ the young hedgehog said . |
| 12 | ‘ And what makes you think there will be a next time ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ There is n't going to be a next time . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ There wo n't be a next time , ’ Jenna pointed out quietly , looking down at her hands , which were clenched around the cup . |
| 15 | ‘ There wo n't be a next time . ’ |
| 16 | Oh are you well I 'll give you a a , I lost it at lunchtime ex-Radio Virgin certificate for being a first time on and er I 'd like to say it 's been a pleasure . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , there 's a first time for everything , as I m sure you remember , Mrs Cornforth … |
| 18 | THERE is a first time for everything : Aladdin was the first panto I 'd been to and the first Frank Bruno has performed in . |
| 19 | Presumably few people said ‘ No ’ to him , Well , Kelly reflected as she dialled the Templemans ' number angrily , there was a first time for everything . |
| 20 | Well to me it was a first time and being an unmarried man that I 'd earned anything like it . |
| 21 | Maybe it was because it was a first time and she was n't going to be a good mother , like some humans . |
| 22 | If there was a next time . |
| 23 | If there was a next time . |
| 24 | If there was a next time . |