Example sentences of "the [adj] time he " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said , just at the right time he decided that he ca n't get bath any more . |
| 2 | For the hundredth time he turned over , rearranged his pillows , tried to put his brain into neutral , think of nothing . |
| 3 | We went back to do one tour , I guess about a month after we quit , around the actual time he went in the Army . ’ |
| 4 | A packed City Hall did not have long to wait as Lewis roared in with several more stinging rights and left hooks and when Garber was floored for the second time he had no chance of beating the count . |
| 5 | Hatton got knocked on the head the first time but the second time he was n't hurt , only tied up . ’ |
| 6 | It is the second time he has earned the label . |
| 7 | This is the second time he 's missed . |
| 8 | That was the second time he had been saved from drowning . |
| 9 | As Nathan pulled away for the second time he could hear Lumberjack in the kitchen , frantically sawing the legs off tables and chairs . |
| 10 | ‘ I took Fleck off and that did n't work so I took Le Saux off , put Eddie up front and he got a vital goal — and it 's the second time he 's done that for us . ’ |
| 11 | In fact it is the second time he has used the policy . |
| 12 | He did so by wandering the streets , and when for the second time he passed the food office where she worked , he knew what he was going to do . |
| 13 | This is the second time he 's rung tonight . |
| 14 | It is the second time he has missed an international tour because of injury . |
| 15 | He had been twice into Ruane 's office , and the first time the block had been polite , and the second time he had been told rather less politely to sit on his hands and wait , like everybody else had to . |
| 16 | For example , it has been pointed out that one person can not be asked the same question twice , the second time he is not the same person because he has already been asked the question once . |
| 17 | For the second time he ignored an insult . |
| 18 | For the second time he should have said no , and for the second time he did n't . |
| 19 | For the second time he should have said no , and for the second time he did n't . |
| 20 | For the second time he made his way out of the pit , and the others followed . |
| 21 | It was n't very good shooting , but the second time he made it stick . |
| 22 | It was the second time he had heard the term . |
| 23 | The second time he came round , he suddenly pulled himself up into a sitting position . |
| 24 | He saw Madra fighting with her reins , hair wild ; then a face out of a nightmare lunged up at him , and for the second time he confronted the tusked maw of a grypesh . |
| 25 | It was the second time he had ignored the ban — he competed in a road race in Cardiff last month . |
| 26 | Oh it 's so funny , cos the second time he could n't , he came back and I think I was upstairs , and she did n't shut the door and I said all four , cos I 've got to pick her up at five , he said oh , anyway he went back , after dinner he 'd gone back and I said told you about it 's five o'clock , he said are you on me . |
| 27 | The first time I asked he engaged his brain , the second time he wavered a bit as if understanding he should be doing something , though not what he should be doing , and the third time he translated it successfully . |
| 28 | Harbury asked , remembering the previous time he had visited the flat when Oliver had encouraged him to stay and Rain had encouraged him to go . |
| 29 | It was the worst time he had ever lived through . |
| 30 | For the umpteenth time he checked the rear window . |