Example sentences of "the [adj] time [prep] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Returning now to the referral and investigation work undertaken by the team between October 1987 and March 1988 , Table 3 provides some detail about the range of activities on which the total time of 253 hours was spent and shows that the bulk of the activity time was spent in direct contact with children and/or their caregivers . |
| 2 | Last year he soloed the Eiger nordwand direct in the amazing time of 26 hours — the first ascent took three months ! |
| 3 | Neil 's PR is now at the door , signalling frantically for the second time in two minutes . |
| 4 | The woodland shimmered , was still — a moment 's stifling summer silence , then the howl of the new season , a freezing wind bringing death and shedding so that for the second time in two minutes the land was drenched with fallen leaves and snow . |
| 5 | For the second time in two years , the Dutch government has drawn up plans to price cars off the roads to ease the Netherlands ' growing problems of congestion and air pollution . |
| 6 | Oxfordshire side Bicester are already on their way to Twickenham for the second time in two years . |
| 7 | It 's the second time in two years a ban has been considered — last time the council threw it out . |
| 8 | This is the second time in two years that Strathclyde has threatened to halt work on the Ayr Road Route . |
| 9 | The Beazer Homes League visitors have displayed a knack this season of stealing last-gasp cup match goals , and it was another 89th minute affair which helped check Cornard for the second time in two months . |
| 10 | OUSTED councillor Ralph Knight has been snubbed for the second time in two months by members of his own party , it was revealed last night . |
| 11 | Q For the second time in two months , my four-month-old daughter 's head and neck have become ‘ stuck ’ on one side , making her look awkward and uncomfortable . |
| 12 | FOUR-year-old Lucy Gill saved her epileptic dad Liam for the second time in two weeks by dialling 999 when he fell at their West Bromwich home . |
| 13 | Personnel of the Operation Life-Line Sudan programme had on March 31 been forced by fighting to leave Bor for the second time in two weeks , although some 6,000 malnourished children were being fed from that distribution point . |
| 14 | A used car dealer is offering a ten thousand pound reward to track down arsonists who 've attacked his premises for the second time in two weeks . |
| 15 | For the second time in two days she had been bought and sold . |
| 16 | Jasbir Singh was stopped for the second time in two days driving his blue Ford Escort van . |
| 17 | AMATEUR drama lovers have vowed the show will go on despite being bombed out of the venue for their drama finals for the second time in two days . |
| 18 | ‘ For the second time in two days I 'm hearing the usually benevolent lioness growl , ’ she said . |
| 19 | This man who , for the second time in two days , had come to her aid ! |
| 20 | It will be only the second time in 27 Tests at the Kensington Oval that no Barbadian fast bowler is included . |
| 21 | I did the business with my camera , now there was plenty of light with the barn doors open , and was in the process of replacing the tarpaulin when the alarm bells went off and scared the hell out of me for the second time in five minutes . |
| 22 | ARSONISTS have struck for the second time in five days at a Middlesbrough park . |
| 23 | CAMBRIDGE survived a frantic succession of alarms and excursions to win the 108th University Match and lift the Bowring Bowl for the second time in five seasons at Twickenham yesterday . |
| 24 | Loughlin , who broke his arm for the second time in 16 months on Great Britain 's summer tour Down Under , is in the centres after 10 minutes as sub in last Friday 's League defeat at Wheldon Road . |
| 25 | It was the second time in eight months that Barre had changed the government , and no official reasons were given for the changes , but Barre called on the new Cabinet , sworn in on Sept. 5 , to solve the current civil war and economic crisis . |
| 26 | Arguing that Richard 's attack on Toulouse was a breach of the truce of 1187 — which Richard denied — Philip invaded Berry for the second time in twelve months , though he first took care to ascertain that Henry II disclaimed any responsibility for his son 's actions and was therefore unlikely to move swiftly to his assistance . |
| 27 | Others are less clear without some explanation : an attacker was known as ‘ the Bizarre Beast ’ because of the strange clothing he wore , which included a gas mask and a dress ( Star ) ; however , no explanation was needed why a sex fiend who struck near a university for the second time in four days was known as ‘ The Balaclava Rapist ’ ( Sun ) . |
| 28 | Kevin Tamati 's Red Devils hosted and won the Salford Sevens for the second time in four years at The Willows yesterday . |
| 29 | The very need to do this — for the second time in four years — testifies to a certain degree of insecurity within the minds of the Soviet leaders that their recent gains in terms of strategic power could easily be snatched from them . |
| 30 | With the federal government under increasing strain , Yugoslavia devalued the dinar for the second time in four months , this time by 31% . |