Example sentences of "[verb] it [art] [num ord] time " in BNC.
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1 | If you tell him to jump a jump twice , he does it ; but when you tell him to jump it a third time , he says , ‘ I 've had it , I 've done it twice and I 'm not going to do it again ! ’ |
2 | He is made to jump it a third time , even if you have to stand there all night . |
3 | I remembered Sopworth saying how the cat had no sense of territory , how he 'd only just caught it the first time it escaped , racing north along the A2 . |
4 | Could she survive it a second time ? |
5 | She closed the lid ; when the catch failed to operate , she slammed it a second time with a violence that made several of the slumberers lift their heads . |
6 | Please note that you do not have to open the rings to put these markers over , though you should after you 've done it the first time , erm , it should become easier with practice , let me put it that way , okay . |
7 | if I 'd have fed it the first time I 'd have understood it , but I 've only fed it today ! |
8 | Alison also likes 60s music ( too young to remember it the first time around ) and buying things for her home . |
9 | The dog is commanded to sit and if he does n't do it the first time , he is pushed gently into position . |
10 | I did n't believe it the first time either . ’ |
11 | I hated it the first time . |
12 | He really did n't like it the first time we played it , so he tried spoiling it . |
13 | Suppose , for example , that your most recent life had been a particularly horrifying and traumatic one : you would not really want to experience it the first time you were regressed , as you might not be able to cope . |
14 | If you then get it a second time you will then possibly have an allergic reaction to the horse serum . |
15 | I could n't face it a second time . |
16 | But I still enjoyed it the second time . |
17 | He misses it the first time , but I 've written it exactly like he played it , because it does n't really sound too bad ! |
18 | It was only when they came out of the rearmost door and found a temporary hut facing them with Radio Room marked on the door , that they realised why they had n't found it the first time . |
19 | It is a frightening experience , and I have never heard of anyone doing it a second time . |
20 | Dave said , ‘ The most frightening part of the jump was climbing out of the plane and having to crawl along the wing before jumping , but I look forward to doing it a second time just for fun ! ’ |
21 | ‘ Well , she was doing it the first time I laid eyes on her ! ’ |
22 | And I like Lovejoy , except I 've missed but they 're repeats , but I never saw it the first time . |
23 | We saw it the last time in action on the weekend of the French vote on Maastricht — harnessing all our resources to serve the viewer and listener in a way no-one else can . |
24 | It is a good sound bite , but it is not any better for hearing it the second time . |
25 | Should have realised it the first time , but that 's what happens when you make assumptions . |
26 | I said to her if she did n't make it the first time , let her lend you my hammer she said do n't you talk like that and do n't you let e Geoff hear you ! |
27 | The Duty Officer made it a fifth time , glanced , not without anxiety at the brief-case , momentarily at Frau Nordern , then with relief , over her shoulder , and jerked his lumps and bumps . |
28 | As he walked downstairs , he read it a third time to make sure . |
29 | By the time I had heard it a fifth time , one of football 's most respected managers stood accused of everything from gross indecency to impotence . |
30 | He had heard it the first time as a child , in his grandfather 's yurt on the Khirgiz , and going to Burun 's quarters had found him awake also . |