Example sentences of "for the [num ord] time [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And at three or four a.m. that morning , as O and Boy kissed for the second time , the blade of a Stanley knife sliced for the second time across the cheek of a man ( I do n't remember his name , it was n't anyone I knew ) who was at that time on his own , not with anyone , just waiting , on his own , at a bus stop , waiting for a night bus which was due at any minute . |
| 2 | Joshua married , for the second time at the same church Elizabeth Hartley , and William soon had a half-brother , Bernard Hartley Green , who died on 16th August 1820 . |
| 3 | Fresh Art , the only fair to show the work of British graduates and post-graduates , will be held for the second time at the Business Design Centre , Upper Street , Islington , London N1 from 17 July to 1 August . |
| 4 | When Sir John let go for the second time at the age of 86 in 1982 , he put Littlewoods in the hands of the first non-family chairman . |
| 5 | A YOUNGER set of judges would provide a better image to the public : so says Mr Harold Hewitt , who last weekend sat for the last time , retiring for the second time at the age of 75 . |
| 6 | Faced for the second time with the collapse of Balliol 's rule , Edward once again mobilized an army , this time for a winter campaign which proved unpopular with the troops and which was abandoned under pressure from Philip VI to conclude a truce , which was to last from Easter to midsummer 1335 . |
| 7 | For the second time since the 19th century the value of the try has been changed and for the second time this century the drop goal value has been altered . |
| 8 | He did this after he had cut the grooves for the second time in the stretchers . |
| 9 | The headmistress let out a yell that must have rattled every window-pane in the building and for the second time in the last five minutes she shot out of her chair like a rocket . |
| 10 | New Zealand , for the second time in the series , were without Willie Watson , with a recurrence of a thigh strain , and gave a debut to the burly Rod Latham . |
| 11 | Then , for the second time in the short span that she had known the man , her mouth fell open . |
| 12 | Simon Brain broke his leg for the second time in the welsh cup on wednesday and is out for the rest of the season … local youngster Paul Eversham will be given a chance to prove himself … |
| 13 | Eric Cantona 's 85th minute goal was far too little and unfortunately far too late to save Howard Wilkinson 's men suffering the agony of going out for the second time in the space of five weeks . |
| 14 | For another 150 years after this , the Ottoman empire continued to expand northwards and westwards until a high-water mark was reached in 1683 , with Ottoman forces assembled for the second time before the gates of Vienna . |
| 15 | One of the buildings totally flattened was the new home of the deaf in the town , so for the second time within the space of one year , the deaf in Exeter had to find new club premises . |
| 16 | A stock judging team from the north-west area won the British Holstein Society 's Royal Show contest for the seventh time in the nine years during which these competitions have been run . |
| 17 | At the reception after the show , Todd , learning for the first time of the ancient history of his family , spat in Hugh Farnham 's face . |
| 18 | Thomas Poole the younger had been born into comfortable West Somerset obscurity in 1765 , and gave little sign to those who met him for the first time of the great gifts of character and intellect which he possessed . |
| 19 | Much attention will focus on the inclusion in the census for the first time of the self reported limiting , longstanding sickness item . |
| 20 | The Moghul tombs , the Red Fort , the towering minarets of the Jami Masjid , made me aware for the first time of the significance of civilization , and the meaning of history . |
| 21 | The House will recall my Adjournment debate of 22 January 1991 following the publication in December 1990 for the first time of the annual report by Her Majesty 's inspector of constabulary , Mr. Geoffrey Dear . |
| 22 | The web of diplomatic contacts which had developed in western and central Europe over the last 200 or more years was now being extended further east by the full incorporation in it for the first time of the great new emerging state of Russia : henceforth events in eastern Europe were to be far more significant in the calculations of statesmen in the west than ever in the past . |
| 23 | As the two hellraisers met for the first time for the benefit of the world 's press , they exchanged jokes . |
| 24 | Gazza and Maradona square up for the first time for the world 's undisputed No 1 title as Lazio take on Seville in a friendly in Spain . |
| 25 | Indeed it was historic , in that it provided for the first time for the elimination of an entire class of nuclear arms — land-based missiles of intermediate and shorter range . |
| 26 | The UNITA leader , Jonas Savimbi , appealed for the first time for the creation of " peace corridors " to allow emergency relief to people in areas controlled by UNITA . |
| 27 | A candidate for the first time for the Chair that Alan has left is Sir Jeffrey . |
| 28 | During the relaying of this track , the Marton trams operated in a complete circle , returning to Talbot Square via Royal Oak and Lytham Road , while the St. Annes blue cars were diverted for the first time to the Promenade at Talbot Square . |
| 29 | When the Mughal court was disbanded , Muslim hijras were exposed for the first time to the other , Hindu , tradition of eunuchry . |
| 30 | Financial difficulties caused by the fall in the oil price in the late 1980s and by the increasing budget deficit forced the government to turn for the first time to the international financial markets . |