Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [adv] [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ask the average person how much time they put into training their voice or obtaining feedback about the effect of their voice on others , and they will probably consider you to be a little mad . |
| 2 | To ask an ordinary person how many times they have visited the cinema during the past year is probably unfair for all except a small number who can quickly say ‘ never ’ or else ‘ regularly once a week without fail ’ . |
| 3 | I have no exact idea how many times he hit me , but it must surely have been six or more . |
| 4 | erm On the other hand , if you take the variety , you in fact leave it very mixed still , because you take your relatively small quantity out each time you go round , and you 're taking a relatively small number of species , so that if you are logging in a tropical forest at the sort of intensity most logging takes place , you 're only creating gaps where you take out the valuable species and leave the less valuable species . |
| 5 | MB 's is wearing clothes that do not fit in the first example eg. This time he refers to the good opinions that people have of him as new clothes and killing the king would be like throwing away hardly worn clothes . |
| 6 | For Buster Edwards , who now runs a flower stall at Waterloo station , there 's one thing about that time he 'll never forget |
| 7 | ‘ It does n't seem to make any difference how much time you spend with him , ’ she said equally bluntly . |
| 8 | ‘ If I was in the same situation again 100 times I would come for the same punch and back myself to clear the ball every time ’ |