Example sentences of "the [num ord] time [art] [noun sg] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | just a couple of months afterwards , playing India in Trinidad with three spin bowlers in his team , he saw them reach 406 for 4 to win the match , only the second time a team had passed 400 runs to win a Test . |
| 2 | It was the second time the teacher-turned-comic had been hit by car vandals . |
| 3 | But the first time she 'd spoken to Colin he 'd told her there was a hi-tech at the manufacturer 's end , and the second time the shop had been closed . |
| 4 | He must be more patient and brace himself up to realise that he was the only person who could tackle the present chaotic state of affairs , ' This was the fourth time the King had told MacDonald that he would not accept his resignation . |
| 5 | The centralized bureaucratic apparatus of the state became subordinated to the interests of the dominant economic groups that were already creating a commercial agriculture and would subsequently promote industrial development : ‘ for the first time a state had been created whose policies and activities were shaped in response to the needs and movement of civil society ’ ( Gamble 1981 : 67 ) . |
| 6 | This was the first time a company had been invited to give a product demonstration at the centre and were keen to present the merits of their product . |
| 7 | As he said it for the first time a smile flickered across his face , and in that instant his features were totally transformed . |
| 8 | Placement support which at the least minimised the chances that the ex-patient would be evicted from his home or sacked from his job the first time a problem occurred would seem essential . |
| 9 | The first time a boy kissed her , she thought he was being charitable and told him he did n't have to . |
| 10 | His eldest son , Prince Edward , was made Duke of Cornwall , the first time a dukedom had been conferred in England , and six new earls were created . |
| 11 | Others who had coped well enough to begin with on those scanty mill wages , who had even picked themselves up and patched things together , the first time that demon of bad trade had halved their weekly pay ; the first time there had been sickness and doctors ' bills to eat up anything they had been able to put by during the good times — never much ; the first time a husband had suffered injury at the mill or the foundry , which meant no weekly pay-packet at all . |
| 12 | Next to the butcher , where the meat was arranged on silver platters and the chops dressed with paper ruffs , I saw for the first time a shop stocked exclusively with cheeses : nothing else , just cheese . |
| 13 | For the first time a sensation pierced the numbness and it caused Joe 's body to jerk and send a message to his brain that created the desire to shout , ‘ Do n't call me that , because I 'm not a sir . |
| 14 | This year was the first time the competition had taken place in England . |
| 15 | For the first time the government had also formulated a 10-year economic programme , covering the period 1991-2000 [ see p. 38145 ] . |
| 16 | For the first time the man looked sceptical . |
| 17 | This was almost the first time the bloke had spoken to me about anything , never mind about 10,000m running , and here he was telling me how to run tactically . |
| 18 | Seán Mac Stíofáin indicates that the first time the leadership discussed the civil rights movement was when |
| 19 | It was the first time the monarch had ever used a Thames passenger ferry — and one of the few occasions when she had arrived at an official engagement by public transport in the UK . |
| 20 | The first time the bird opened its eyes , it thought I was its mother and imprinted on me . |
| 21 | It was the first time the brewer had advertised on TV and the landmark was not lost on Guinness . |
| 22 | She smiled warmly , and not for the first time the girl thought how incredibly lovely her mistress was . |
| 23 | For the first time the girl seemed to lose her self-possession . |
| 24 | That was the first time the Hound appeared , my sons . |
| 25 | This was not the first time the elevator had startled her with its moods . |
| 26 | Philip Head , Chief Executive of the WDA , said it was the first time the agency had been asked to source Welsh suppliers for a company based in Germany and resulted directly from the WDA campaign to build business links with the motor regions of Europe . |
| 27 | No half day Saturdays , half day Saturdays , yes and then er I , I used to stay waiting for mother to come and my sister er to do the shopping in Willenhall cos they would n't shop anywhere else , and then erm my brother used to come with his cycle and er I used to carry a lot of the shopping back and my brother used to push a lot on his , on his cycle and mother and my sister used to stay down and have another walk around , but we 'd got to walk it back I 'd come back on the wagonette so or just after the buses started but er I 'll never forget the first time the bus ran it was pouring with rain and my sister was standing in front of me and she 'd got a new mac on and of course we were getting very wet and there was a scramble to get on the bus and the lady in front of her had got a bag of flour and of course the bag burst and went all down her |
| 28 | It was the first time the city had unseated an incumbent mayor since 1943 . |
| 29 | The Dewar Challenge Trophy — awarded for the most meritorious performance of the year in any trial under the Long-Distance Trials Regulations — was presented to Cadillac that year , the first time the trophy had been won by a US car maker . |
| 30 | This was the first time the meeting had been held in Asia , and representatives of the 25 American countries participating — including Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori , who was of Japanese parentage — reportedly regarded the meeting as an important forum for encouraging Japanese trade and investment links with the region . |