Example sentences of "the [adj] time in [num] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the second time in two days she had been bought and sold . |
| 2 | Jasbir Singh was stopped for the second time in two days driving his blue Ford Escort van . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ For the second time in two days I 'm hearing the usually benevolent lioness growl , ’ she said . |
| 5 | This man who , for the second time in two days , had come to her aid ! |
| 6 | ARSONISTS have struck for the second time in five days at a Middlesbrough park . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | For the second time in one day , she was with Mandy and the male attention was focused on her . |
| 9 | Worried managers made the decision after the computer crashed for the second time in 10 days . |
| 10 | Part of the M1 was closed for the second time in three days following a multiple pile-up in sub-zero temperatures . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | A MANCHESTER United starlet of the 1980s is plotting the downfall of Prescot for the second time in seven days . |
| 14 | I had another massage , warmed up again , tuned into my Walkman and then went through the reporting procedures for the fourth time in two days . |
| 15 | Early on a wet Sunday morning outside Yaroslavl station , in the centre of Moscow , my journey was complete and for the first time in 10 days I was alone . |
| 16 | The area was quiet for the first time in six days ’ ( Knopf , 1975:257 ) . |
| 17 | The pain 's almost gone , for the first time in three days . |
| 18 | Economics ( and the fear of being bored witless for the third time in 10 days ) demanded that I , and my son , only got to the first two matches and watched from the Kop . |
| 19 | DERRY City manager , Roy Coyle , made another bold move into the transfer market for the third time in 10 days to gain the services of yet another Scottish player . |
| 20 | DERRY City manager Roy Coyle has entered the transfer market for the third time in 10 days . |
| 21 | A Fire engine stands outside Bullingdon prison for the third time in ten days . |