Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] time in [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dick , weighing in at 16lb , is recorded as being caught 27 times in two years . |
| 2 | One youth , still 17 , has been arrested 48 times in 2 years . |
| 3 | Their evidence for this judgement , as with those presented in most of their surveys , was loosely stated and difficult to verify , but the argument has been echoed many times in recent years in Britain by academics and policy-makers alike . |
| 4 | A BURGLARY victim whose home has been raided 14 times in three years has screwed her TV to the floor . |
| 5 | ‘ We have tried many times in recent years to land Catholic players but failed — largely because the players themselves were worried about adverse reaction in their own neighbourhood . |
| 6 | We have , in Prestatyn , a facility which is very central and well used , despite the fact that the signs advertising it have been changed three times in five years . ’ |