Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun] [num] time [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It forced me out of the attic three times a day to discover my new surroundings and meet the local people . |
| 2 | A mini-bus operates to and from the town three times a day although car hire is recommended for the less energetic . |
| 3 | Of course I was not saying I see people elbowed in the face 200 times a week . |
| 4 | Not one to shirk the product testing , she eats in the restaurants five times a week and , on some occasions , has a chef cook the entire menu for her . |
| 5 | I worked out in a gym three times a week but when my fitness was tested for the BBC 's The Fitness Programme ( which , embarrassingly , I was presenting ) , it was discovered that although my biceps were passable , my heart and lungs were unaffected by my muscle conditioning . |
| 6 | I was given , in my first job , responsibility for the administration of the education service in an area one-and-a-half times the size of Scotland . |
| 7 | This land of little more than 2m people and 24m sheep , enclosed between China and Russia in an area three times the size of France , had already appealed for emergency food aid to get it through the winter when the worst snows for 50 years hit three provinces in the south-west . |
| 8 | Sara drove him scornfully to the hospital three times a week , for he was n't supposed to drive . |
| 9 | Drawn by three horses abreast Shillibeer 's omnibus ran from Paddington to the Bank four times a day each way . |
| 10 | He goes to the gym three times a week but despite keeping in shape , Nigel is baffled by people who think he 's handsome . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd done a lot of training , going to the gym three times a week and now I 'm one of the top boxers for my age and weight . |
| 12 | Pointing to the Conservative Party 's own canvassing returns which show that they have a 20pc lead over Labour he added : ‘ Our own returns based on a sample twenty times the size of The Northern Echo survey show a quite different picture . |
| 13 | Pointing to the Conservative Party 's own canvassing returns which show that they have a 20pc lead over Labour he added : ‘ Our own returns based on a sample twenty times the size of The Northern Echo survey show a quite different picture . |
| 14 | She was looking at Aggie now , and Aggie said , ‘ Well , there will be holidays , dear , there will be holidays ; ’ then turning to the Mother Superior , added firmly , ‘ she 'll have to come on a holiday three times a year , other wise it 's no go . ’ |
| 15 | Its bulletin , Christian Meditation Newsletter , containing spiritual articles and meditation news from around the world , is published by the community four times a year . |