Example sentences of "for the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | In June 1983 , Margaret Thatcher went to the polls for the second time . |
| 32 | On Wednesday 13 February , we met for the second time with pensions as the agenda item . |
| 33 | Marie asked Gazzer for the second time that day . |
| 34 | He was going to the cinema for the second time that week , with his beautiful lady , his Sweetheart , who looked and smelt and sometimes spoke like the real-life star of a Hollywood movie . |
| 35 | ‘ I ca n't remember a horse so far ahead in the Grand National at this stage ! ’ enthused commentator Julian Wilson on BBC television as Crisp came to Becher 's Brook for the second time , still looking uncatchable : galloping relentlessly and jumping brilliantly , he was thirty lengths clear and showed no signs of flagging . |
| 36 | After winning a small chase at Ludlow he took the Hennessy Gold Cup for the second time — highly appropriately , as he was owned by Madame Kilian Hennessy of the sponsoring brandy company — and then , after a warm-up victory at Kempton Park , had beaten Fortria by a length in the Cheltenham Gold Cup . |
| 37 | Wimbledon manager Joe Kinnear has been charged by the FA with misconduct for the second time this year . |
| 38 | Mr Stringer , a most gracious loser despite experiencing the disappointment of missing out at the penultimate stage for the second time in three years , asked : ‘ What more do you have to do to prove yourself . ’ |
| 39 | LONDON TOWERS caught Carlsberg League champions Roland Kingston with their guard down for the second time this season by defeating them 103-97 at the Michael Sobell Centre , Islington , on Sunday night . |
| 40 | JULIE BOND enjoyed an extraordinary run of serving success to guide Woolwich Brixton to the Royal Bank National League title for the second time in three years . |
| 41 | The Portuguese Social Democrats have recently won for the second time running with a slightly increased majority and 50.7 per cent of the votes cast . |
| 42 | For the second time this week , Smith covered remorselessly , forcing Charles to lose up to 10 places on the final beat . |
| 43 | There was sympathy too for Floyd , who at 49 had the chance of becoming the oldest champion and now runner-up for the second time in three years . |
| 44 | Her mother was a true believer in Christ , and after she was widowed for the second time , she came to live in Kidderminster in 1658 . |
| 45 | For the second time that night the prison door slammed shut . |
| 46 | Looking down , he saw Mould pulling the hook out the water for the second time . |
| 47 | For the second time in his military career Leslie now encountered a piece of equipment to which an unattractive female name and personality was attributed . |
| 48 | He was Captain in 1939 when his brother , Tom Batt ( who died during the war ) was elected President , for the second time . |
| 49 | ‘ He 'll mention the Echo as often as he possibly can , ’ Graham said dryly , and defiantly filled his glass with whisky for the second time . |
| 50 | Oil-fired power stations in Britain were put into reserve use only , and there was very nearly petrol rationing for the second time . |
| 51 | In 1981 , however , this fundamental right was challenged for the second time in another case to make legal history . |
| 52 | For the second time in two years , the Dutch government has drawn up plans to price cars off the roads to ease the Netherlands ' growing problems of congestion and air pollution . |
| 53 | Of these 145,000 were UNRWA refugees uprooted for the second time . |
| 54 | And so it was that Luch was taken up to the castle for the second time . |
| 55 | In Guildford I saw for the second time the travelling exhibition ‘ Architecture in Context ’ , staged by the RIBA 's South East Region . |
| 56 | And at three or four a.m. that morning , as O and Boy kissed for the second time , the blade of a Stanley knife sliced for the second time across the cheek of a man ( I do n't remember his name , it was n't anyone I knew ) who was at that time on his own , not with anyone , just waiting , on his own , at a bus stop , waiting for a night bus which was due at any minute . |
| 57 | And at three or four a.m. that morning , as O and Boy kissed for the second time , the blade of a Stanley knife sliced for the second time across the cheek of a man ( I do n't remember his name , it was n't anyone I knew ) who was at that time on his own , not with anyone , just waiting , on his own , at a bus stop , waiting for a night bus which was due at any minute . |
| 58 | My father said , for the second time in his life , that it could not all happen again . |
| 59 | For the second time , and only two years after his triumphal return , Rodrigo was again in exile . |
| 60 | Exiled for the second time and without the support of many of the Castilian knights who had followed him before , Rodrigo once again displayed his qualities of a great commander . |