Example sentences of "[det] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( One of the few times we missed out was with a 200lb sturgeon caught in the North Sea . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | I do yeah absolutely as as as the first few times we did it you know . |
| 4 | I thought after a few times she 'll stop and she 'll accept it . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | If a black pupil comes to see her a few times she automatically labels them as troublemakers . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I mean , when our Bon was learning I went with her a few times she frightened the life out of me ! |
| 10 | By how few times he has lost his way ? |
| 11 | It was one of the few times he did n't get up and down from trouble , and that put us level . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | That you se it was , it was on here a few times he talks deliberately , and rather slow |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | When you 've been through this a few times you 'll |
| 18 | Yeah , we stopped a few times you know in the |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | In fact , it was one of the few times I had seen him act in a civil way towards his stepmother . |
| 21 | The first few times I lit the stove , up popped yellow flames and I turned it off . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | A few times I sat down in the kitchen and almost told mum but changed my mind . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . |
| 26 | 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 |
| 27 | 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 |
| 28 | mimics them and that , oh I hate that , I hate that as I say a few times I thought to myself I do not like |
| 29 | And erm first couple of times I kind of did n't respond , and the next few times I was literally flinching |
| 30 | Her response — such a lighting up of her face — made me remember how few times it was likely she had been kissed in her whole life : not as a child , by the parents who had given her away ; not by her old foster parents ; not often , I guessed , even by Beatrice and her boys . |