Example sentences of "[verb] a [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ On the way home , we were approached a second time , by an Me 109 . |
| 2 | One or both of them may not wish to cope with parenting a second time round , having not long been released from the exhaustion and limitations of childcare on their own account . |
| 3 | Tenacious and long-memoried , they had not allowed themselves to be uprooted or changed a second time . |
| 4 | The parents of the 33 children who had not recovered were interviewed a second time to answer the question whether the constipation/soiling problems had persisted or recurred , because we were not able to determine this from the initial questionnaire . |
| 5 | If that freelance photojournalist is wounded , but soon returns to the operational area to continue covering the story , only to be wounded a second time , then we are looking at a fairly remarkable man with a tale worth telling . |
| 6 | When the phone rings a third time answer it . |
| 7 | The question is : can they get it to work a second time ? |
| 8 | Similarly , a serious case brought before the magistrate had to be presented a second time before the justice of the peace . |
| 9 | Bearing in mind the provocation , and the fact that the offender had to face the prospect of being sentenced a second time , the sentence was far too lenient , and a proper sentence would have been two years ' immediate imprisonment : that sentence would be substituted . |
| 10 | The sentence imposed by the Court of Appeal presumably incorporates a discount to reflect the fact that the offender had to face the prospect of being sentenced a second time , but there is no indication of the extent of the discount : the case is therefore of limited value as an indication of what the proper sentence would have been at first instance . |
| 11 | The first female is then shot a second time , and as the confused baby attempts to suckle from its dying mother , it too is despatched with a single bullet . ’ |
| 12 | Divertimento gives you a chance of looking a second time , without much delay , from a slightly different point of view . |
| 13 | After a while , if undisturbed , the Aplysia puts its siphon out again , and if it is then prodded a second time , it will show the same withdrawal reflex . |
| 14 | They did it , very slowly and tenderly , and then drove on again ; and then Boy made him stop the second time , in a layby with the first lorry headlights going past , and the man took Boy 's cock in his mouth again , and masturbated Boy again so that he came a second time , and then they drove again . |
| 15 | It has been held under an equivalent section in England that , an adjournment having once been allowed on the ground that some requirement was not complied with , the justices had no power to adjourn a second time because another irregularity had occurred : R. v. Poole JJ. [ 1951 ] 2 T.L.R. 261 . |
| 16 | The Body being thus equipp 'd and laid in the Coffin ( which Coffin is sometimes very magnificent ) , it is visited a second time to see that it is bury 'd in Flannel , and that nothing about it sowed with Thread . |
| 17 | but I shall not be drawn a second time |
| 18 | Adam nodded a third time . |
| 19 | So Middleton did two sorties I believe , and on each occasion he brought back an aircraft that was no longer capable of flying and was a write-off , it had so much flak and fighter damage , When the same thing happened a second time I had Middleton in and told him that one of his problems was his navigator who was just not able to navigate him round the very heavy flak areas . |
| 20 | So far as Government Bills are concerned , it is no exaggeration to say that the substantial task of legislating will have been largely discharged before the Bill is even read a first time in the House in which it is introduced ( Bills may normally be introduced in either House , thence proceeding to the other ) . |
| 21 | If carried , which is rare , the member has leave to present his Bill which is then read a first time in the usual way . |
| 22 | When the time comes , the Minister stands up and moves ‘ that the Bill be now read a second time ’ . |
| 23 | Mr. Wilson : I beg to move , That the clause be now read a Second time . |
| 24 | Order read for resuming adjourned debate on Question , That the Bill be now read a Second time |
| 25 | Question put , That the Bill be now read a Second time : |
| 26 | I beg to move , That the Bill be now read a Second time . |
| 27 | Question put , That the Bill be now read a Second time : |
| 28 | I beg to move , That the Bill be now read a Second time . |
| 29 | Bill accordingly read a Second time . |
| 30 | I beg to move , That the Bill be now read a Second time . |