Example sentences of "a [num ord] time [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 A second time we were too soon
2 Fearful of waking him a second time I waited .
3 I beg to move , That the Bill be now read a Second time I believe that there will be a consensus across the House on the Bill .
4 So Middleton did two sorties I believe , and on each occasion he brought back an aircraft that was no longer capable of flying and was a write-off , it had so much flak and fighter damage , When the same thing happened a second time I had Middleton in and told him that one of his problems was his navigator who was just not able to navigate him round the very heavy flak areas .
5 If you then get it a second time you will then possibly have an allergic reaction to the horse serum .
6 But if he borrows the same amount a second time he becomes liable to a second charge .
7 when I visit him a second time he did n't turn up at all
8 ‘ If Prost wants to be called champion for a fourth time he should come back in a sporting way .
9 We 've had a cu We 've had a first time they 've erm quote at two thousand one hundred and seventy six pounds .
10 Another time the carburettor became clogged with sand , and a third time she simply ran out of fuel .
11 As Julie saw him reach for the doorbell a third time she opened the door and eased it back to the extent of the chain .
12 For a third time it starts with a single family , indeed , as in the Garden , with a single couple , Abraham and Sarah .
13 A third time he disappeared .
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