Example sentences of "have be [verb] a [adj] times " in BNC.
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| 1 | I feel that this is a difficult poem to understand but when it has been read a few times the meaning becomes clear . |
| 2 | However , once printed text has been photocopied a few times , or faxed , or degraded in some other way , the characters can become similarly indistinct . |
| 3 | It must have been said a thousand times in angling literature that location is the key to success and in zander fishing this was never more so . |
| 4 | On going into the line for the first time , Jubert 's colonel gave the officers of his regiment instructions that must have been repeated a thousand times at Verdun : |
| 5 | I mean I had no idea that by doing ‘ I left no ring with her ’ by Viola I was doing something that must have been heard a hundred times that day — I had no idea . |
| 6 | You 'll soon get the hang of it — once you 've been caught a few times you 'll suss out the attack patterns — but until you do , frustration is high . |
| 7 | Well , erm I I have been accosted a few times to do a few things , you know erm like I say , prostitution , they think probably because you 're on your own , everybody else , because one , say one person in the block is one , then you are one as well , you know . |
| 8 | I have been asked a thousand times for the deep cultural explanation of all sorts of profound differences between ‘ us and them ’ in the last few months . |
| 9 | I have been preaching a few times and invitations are coming in , so it is good experience for me . |
| 10 | ‘ The cup 's been refilled a few times since then , ’ observes Len , ‘ and with some funny stuff . ’ |
| 11 | It 's been used a thousand times already , as I gather the bed makes clear . |