Example sentences of "the [num ord] time [prep] three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Part of the M1 was closed for the second time in three days following a multiple pile-up in sub-zero temperatures . |
| 2 | It was an idle question ; Melissa 's mind was far away but , for the second time in three days , she recognised Dora 's need to confide . |
| 3 | But when parliament met later in the day to summon Congress formally , Mr Khasbulatov for the second time in three days stepped back from delivering the final stroke . |
| 4 | They arrived in Liverpool after an uneventful railway journey and for the second time in three months Cam walked along the dock wall looking for the Langdale ; but now there was confidence in his stride and eagerness in his face . |
| 5 | For the second time in three months he heard the battering sound of hobnailed boots climbing the wooden stairs to fetch a body . |
| 6 | The case against Therese Dunne ( 42 ) , a buyer with Dunnes Stores , was halted for the second time in three months yesterday because of the alleged interference . |
| 7 | He had just won the competitive Cambridgeshire Handicap for the second time in three years . |
| 8 | Mr Stringer , a most gracious loser despite experiencing the disappointment of missing out at the penultimate stage for the second time in three years , asked : ‘ What more do you have to do to prove yourself . ’ |
| 9 | JULIE BOND enjoyed an extraordinary run of serving success to guide Woolwich Brixton to the Royal Bank National League title for the second time in three years . |
| 10 | There was sympathy too for Floyd , who at 49 had the chance of becoming the oldest champion and now runner-up for the second time in three years . |
| 11 | The senior men's/junior ladies section was won , for the second time in three years , by Ashley Canning/Alison Parker of Grayshott ( - 12 ) . |
| 12 | News of her absence from Wimbledon , for the second time in three years , was greeted sympathetically from All England Club officials . |
| 13 | I would wish warmly to join in congratulating the hon. Gentleman 's constituent on his 80th birthday , particularly as , next month , the income support premium for the over-80s will be raised in real terms for the second time in three years . |
| 14 | CATRIONA Lambert dominated today 's final of the Scottish Women 's Championship to take the title for the second time in three years . |
| 15 | I was abused for the first time at three years old . |
| 16 | Then , for the first time in three decades , Mr Wolski had reached out his hands and touched the eagle he had loved and who had given him such comfort for so long . |
| 17 | Rachel flopped exhausted into the long white sofa and wrote a long letter to Jenny , pouring her heart out for the first time in three weeks , telling her everything that had happened since she left . |
| 18 | The offices are frequently used for functions , but for the first time in three months there were no special events on Friday . |
| 19 | NICK FARR-JONES picked up a ball for the first time in three months and reminded everyone that he is the world 's best scrum-half . |
| 20 | FOR THE first time in three years Steffi Graf was yesterday reminded what it feels like to leave a tournament a quarter-final loser when West Germany were beaten 2-1 by Czechoslovakia in the Federation Cup here . |
| 21 | The yen fell too , pushing the total market capitalisation of the Tokyo exchange beneath that of the New York exchange for the first time in three years . |
| 22 | As investors and the better-paid alike give thanks for their deliverance , that most essential and intangible ingredient for economic recovery — confidence — is suddenly present for the first time in three years . |
| 23 | In the depth of the recession , with the motor industry suffering more than most , Rover is introducing night shifts for the first time in three years . |
| 24 | The good times have returned at Rover , and yesterday the company announced it was reintroducing night-shift working at its Cowley plant in Oxford for the first time in three years . |
| 25 | Last week he walked upstairs for the first time in three years and just burst into tears . |
| 26 | He was thrilled about the prospect of seeing Candy , 37 , for the first time in three years . |
| 27 | Clive Smott ( 59 ) was formerly with Princess Eugene Road Garage Reserves and has agreed to come out of retirement and put on his boots for the first time in three years . |
| 28 | Bates back at Roland Garros for the first time in three years opens his challenge against Ctislav Dosedel of the Czech Republic , a player ranked nine places lower on the world computer at 111 . |
| 29 | Commenting on the Khmer Rouge position at the talks , the Independent of June 27 said that for the first time in three years of diplomacy , the group appeared " unsure of themselves , and nervous of being outmanoeuvred " . |
| 30 | Back on the grid for the first time in three years is derek warwick … he 's racing for the Milton Keynes Footwork team |