Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] the umpteenth time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Absolutely anything is preferable to sitting down to read through your auditing notes for the umpteenth time . |
| 2 | ‘ Aye , we know , Father , ’ Stanley said , as if hearing the story for the umpteenth time . |
| 3 | When the athletic Can Can girls had done the splits for the umpteenth time , the old master , 83-year-old George Williams , played on the state of his health . |
| 4 | On radio last week , high-profile Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown was spelling out his alternative recovery programme for the umpteenth time . |
| 5 | When you rescue the old Christmas tree lights from the loft for the umpteenth time , remember that they could be the cause of an electrical disaster . |
| 6 | However , when the squad was announced the only players that were dropped were Ian Snodin ( naturally ) and Tony Cottee ( who was being a scapegoat for the umpteenth time ) . |
| 7 | As she pushed the emptied skip back towards the scutching room for the umpteenth time , her legs simply stopped working and she sagged against the basket , fighting down a wave of dizziness and nausea . |
| 8 | You may find your temper on a short fuse when confronting your child or teenager for the umpteenth time . |
| 9 | There he was , trotting out the same old tale for the umpteenth time to Sir Robin Day on Thames Television 's This Week , when , inspired by a throwaway remark by his interviewer , it dawned on him that the soapbox trick might succeed with the country as a whole . |
| 10 | The blonde hostess leaned across him to re-charge his glass for the umpteenth time . |
| 11 | As Melody put it to Seb when they were discussing the matter for the umpteenth time at the farm , ‘ You go up there and try to tell 'em Anna should n't be marrying Nahum Plunkett and they 'll tear you to pieces and feed you to the dogs . ’ |
| 12 | Once the vote on Europe had been taken ( an overwhelming majority in favour of the platform 's motion ) , he had slipped out of the hall , pausing only to watch and listen while , at the bidding of the cameras , the national chairman of the YCs blew his trumpet for the umpteenth time . |
| 13 | Bob Hope , the master of ceremonies for the umpteenth time , unfunnily and inaccurately joked about Dustin 's youthfulness , saying , ‘ They nominated a kid like Dustin Hoffman — he made a picture he ca n't get in to see . |
| 14 | Beth never took her eyes off the little group ; Cissie , who was now a young lady of exceptional prettiness and who was hugging her brother for the umpteenth time ; and Beth 's own son Richard … now six years old and growing more like Tyler every day ; and David , a quiet man , a man who was too gentle , a man still dominated by the monster who had raised him . |