Example sentences of "[adj] time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ( One of the few times we missed out was with a 200lb sturgeon caught in the North Sea . |
| 32 | So I bought her some fruit pastilles again just while we were waiting for the train , but funnily enough , the last few times we 've been at the station , Bobby |
| 33 | I do yeah absolutely as as as the first few times we did it you know . |
| 34 | I thought after a few times she 'll stop and she 'll accept it . |
| 35 | The big dog had snapped it from his fingers eagerly enough , but after rolling it around in her mouth a few times she spat it to the floor and pawed at it , growling and sniffing her distaste . |
| 36 | A few times she shouted at them , saying that they were disturbing the peace of the neighbourhood , but this did not discourage them ; a few evenings later they would come back with new songs . |
| 37 | If a black pupil comes to see her a few times she automatically labels them as troublemakers . |
| 38 | A few times she was aware that he was watching her , but managed every time to resist the temptation to look up , unsure of just what she might see in his eyes . |
| 39 | I mean , when our Bon was learning I went with her a few times she frightened the life out of me ! |
| 40 | So after it happened a few times our teacher said ‘ We wo n't have cooking like this any more . ’ |
| 41 | And er we , one of the few times my dad came to Foundry Lane he I got a book , I think it were called Tiger Tim and , on the back they gave a model that you cut out with scissors and pu |
| 42 | Did , even with the few times my parents have gone away , I 've never held parties , I may of had a couple of mates round just to let them kip over or something , come back I 've never , ever held a party , I would n't , I respect them , well I mean I would n't respect them make , every er penny they earned in the last fifteen years gone into that house , they 've had one holiday in that time and erm , gorgeous house , no its a lovely house , full of nice stuff as well , I , I , I would n't dare have a party |
| 43 | By how few times he has lost his way ? |
| 44 | It was one of the few times he did n't get up and down from trouble , and that put us level . |
| 45 | Well they were noted even when cos Jim went down there a few , few times he used to have chaps running around the ground with chains and knives and all that sort of thing , but it 's in the Dockland area of London Millwall . |
| 46 | That you se it was , it was on here a few times he talks deliberately , and rather slow |
| 47 | One of the few times you will find big bream in waters which do not match up to the points I have mentioned is when they are the result of a recent stocking operation . |
| 48 | 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 . |
| 49 | The first few times you go it 's interesting and exciting as anything new is , but eventually it 's hot and dusty and really quite boring . |
| 50 | When you 've been through this a few times you 'll |
| 51 | Yeah , we stopped a few times you know in the |
| 52 | Listening , as you become more comfortable and you become , you 've done it a few times you know what you 're gon na have to say and then you , you er , you listen more carefully to the answers . |
| 53 | In fact , it was one of the few times I had seen him act in a civil way towards his stepmother . |
| 54 | The first few times I lit the stove , up popped yellow flames and I turned it off . |
| 55 | I do n't know , the last few times I 've tried to come off , I have n't really wanted to come off , thinking about it now . |
| 56 | I can also , if I erm come across the same problem a few times I could hopefully work on that and then probably eradicate altogether . |
| 57 | A few times I sat down in the kitchen and almost told mum but changed my mind . |
| 58 | ‘ As I told you , I did n't go out much when I worked in London , but I 've got a silk dress which I wore on the few times I went to the opera . |
| 59 | I think there 's a few times I was gon na pack in cos I used to do the same amount of work as everyone else and I got paid |
| 60 | I remember once , yeah it was like that , yeah that 's right , not one , but a few times I used to get on the train from Runcorn to Liverpool , I had an address to go to in Liverpool , rough directions how to get there , to pick up a suit or to pick up a fitting , you know you 'd get the , the different |