Example sentences of "[adv] to [art] [noun sg] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He cites the Chinese gesture of bowing down to the ground nine times before an emperor . |
| 2 | She can send a note over to the pit any time . |
| 3 | There was no Madame Eglantine , only a garrulous old man who chattered like a magpie , took the package and said he would hand it over to the lady next time she visited the place . |
| 4 | Our kirk session was one which objected very strenuously to the use seven times of the male pronoun in the section on the holy spirit . |
| 5 | Greg Thomas came close to a wicket three times in his first over in Test cricket , but Greenidge and Haynes survived to give their usual start before Greenidge had to retire with a cut forehead after mishooking Botham . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been right up to the fence several times ! |
| 7 | But by all accounts she 's phoned up to the house four times . |
| 8 | They 're great chums now , Durkin has even been invited out to the house several times . ’ |
| 9 | So , I suppose one of them , right , we can make mature , so if you 'd like to put your handset by the side of your phone , do n't put it down , we 'll let that one mature and prove that after 75 seconds we ca n't lose them , and with the other one , can we just prove that we can go back to the conversation any time we like . |
| 10 | I get back to the phone many time later you know see , I ca n't |
| 11 | It took a long time , so long that Sylvie had almost given up , had gone back to the clinic several times . |
| 12 | ‘ We came here the Saturday before last and won in the League , now we 're pleased to be taking them back to the Bridge this time . |
| 13 | Not even to the padre next time he came to Ardneavie to hear Confession , Vi thought grimly . |
| 14 | The orthodox Jew touches his fingers to his lips , then to the mezuzah each time he enters or leaves his home . |
| 15 | Sara drove him scornfully to the hospital three times a week , for he was n't supposed to drive . |