Example sentences of "the [num ord] time [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the second time Vonetta and I had met ; both times she struck me as an extremely self-possessed young woman with a lot of presence . |
| 2 | For the second time tears scalded her eyes . |
| 3 | An hour later , the second time zone results should be coming in from the Mid-West . |
| 4 | It was only the second time Meg had seen Arthur really angry . |
| 5 | It is the second time Kemp has switched from Slough to Selhurst Park . |
| 6 | ‘ This is only the second time Derry has got through to the final in 35 years , so tickets this year are like gold dust , ’ he said . |
| 7 | The second time through you miss out the first time bar ( 8 ) and take the second time bar ( 9 ) and continue on with bars 10 , 11 etc . |
| 8 | This would be the second time Mike 's mother had looked after Catherine . |
| 9 | ‘ Sometimes we can argue , but on this occasion we 'll have to throw ourselves on the mercy of the court because once again , and this was the second time running , simple , basic errors cost us the game . ’ |
| 10 | Middlesbrough is hoping its bid will be lucky for the second time running . |
| 11 | We can measure the effects of some of the problems listed earlier , by using only the observations at the second time point . |
| 12 | It was the second time witnesses had failed to turn up for Tapping 's trial . |
| 13 | Lawrence said : ‘ This is the second time Portsmouth have humiliated us this season . |
| 14 | Lawrence said : ‘ This is the second time Portsmouth have humiliated us this season . |
| 15 | For example , the child 's home experiences may have changed during the same period , thus helping or hindering language development , or the fact that the child is older during the second time period may influence language performance . |
| 16 | It 's the second time van driver Martin Clarke has been convicted of drink-driving . |
| 17 | It 's the second time thieves have stolen horse racing trophies from the family . |
| 18 | For the 87 year old , it was the second time thieves have raided her home . |
| 19 | For the second time George Langley burst out laughing . |
| 20 | It is the second time Basingstoke have won this competition , which has been dominated by Havant . |
| 21 | ( The Mackinnons hosted them here twice , the second time being at the end of September after the pair had crossed the island to catch a boat for islands south of Skye . ) |
| 22 | It is the sixth time England has achieved this particular double . |
| 23 | I told him an hour ago Quinn had secured further proof that Simon was alive and apparently well — the sixth time Quinn 's got the kidnappers to prove that . |
| 24 | In the event , a ) turns out to be peculiar insofar as this if the fourth time Eszterhas has reworked the basic theme of Jagged Edge ( see Betrayed and Music Box ) , of an authority figure hero suspecting that one of their nearest and dearest is responsible for appalling crimes . |
| 25 | It may be one of the first times citizens anywhere have been allowed to vote on detailed defence-procurement questions . |
| 26 | For the first time Unionists may have no representative on the predominantly Catholic West Bank . |
| 27 | It was the first time Waimea had been surfed that big . |
| 28 | It was the first time Sheila Stroud from Staunton in Gloucestershire had given evidence in her trial at Bristol Crown Court . |
| 29 | Duncan realized it was the first time Myeloski had mentioned Oldenburg 's Russian origins . |
| 30 | The first time Wexford noticed this — she was then about six — he almost hooted aloud , so grotesque was the likeness between this exquisite piece of doll 's flesh and her gross progenitor . |