Example sentences of "the [num ord] time [prep] nine [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Edinburgh team , missing Tony Hand with an injured wrist , could now fail to reach Wembley for only the second time in nine years . |
| 2 | Murrayfield Racers , with just a point from three games , appear destined to miss Wembley for only the second time in nine years , but were unlucky to lose 5-4 at Durham . |
| 3 | Richard Hannon fields two of the nine runners in the ‘ Heinz 57 ’ Phoenix Stakes at Leopardstown and his Son Pardo can bring the prize back to England for the eighth time in nine years . |
| 4 | His heart lurched as he saw her for the first time for nine years , now in her new role as a woman . |
| 5 | CELTIC aim to rewind the tape and produce an action replay at Parkhead tonight when they bid for a place in the third round of a European competition for the first time in nine years . |
| 6 | Former President Goukouni Oueddei returned to Chad for the first time in nine years on May 18-19 , meeting with President Idriss Déby and reportedly discussing the proposals for a multiparty system due to be introduced in January 1992 . |
| 7 | FOR THE first time in nine years , CCG 's Souther Division won their annual match against David Randall 's Citibank eleven . |
| 8 | Gloucester18 Bath27 BATH reached the final of the cup for the seventh time in nine years when they scored two tries in the last five minutes of extra-time at Kingsholm and Stuart Barnes converted both of them from the touchline . |