Example sentences of "[verb] it several [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet its conversion to studios , workshops , flats and a drama school has won it several awards . |
| 2 | She had discarded it several years ago , as being much fuller than she really liked , but everything came into its own , she reflected , for every article purchased she took pride in finding an eventual use . |
| 3 | The same effect can be obtained by filling the pool with water and emptying it several times over a period of two or three weeks . |
| 4 | The clock chimed in the hall : it must have done it several times but I had n't heard . |
| 5 | By the time she had done it several times , and copied out the postscript , and redone the drawing , it sounded false to her and she lost her nerve completely . |
| 6 | She lifted her head and banged it several times on the floor . |
| 7 | He had said it several times before and we had stopped believing him . |
| 8 | As the House knows , because I have said it several times in business questions , my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has said that the establishment of a Northern Ireland Select Committee is best taken forward in the context of the fresh political talks . |
| 9 | I think there must be because I 've seen it several times now and just in , in , you know |
| 10 | Research by London Weekend Television , however , has shown that light ITV viewers , who can be expected to see a given commercial very few times , are just as likely to recognize it as those who should have seen it several times . |
| 11 | Dutifully she and Luke followed Anna and Sam through the house ; they discovered that they had both visited it several times in the past . |
| 12 | She says she likes Cheltenham , she 's visited it several times . |
| 13 | I had noticed it several times since I left the Monogram Building . |
| 14 | Flex your wrist up and down , and rotate it several times in both directions . |
| 15 | I was very pleased with the finished result , but I must confess , after wearing it several times , a few of the cut floats have worked through to the front . |
| 16 | There was a loud crunching of gears as she forced it into reverse again , then sent the car hurtling again into the now stationary Audi , shunting it several yards further back . |
| 17 | I like this girl , cos she 's Welsh , just , I ca n't do her accent , but she kept saying it several times , he was getting really pissed off with her . |
| 18 | I hit it several times but it had no effect . |
| 19 | The other man had difficulty starting the machine and had to put a long handle in the front and turn it several times before the engine roared into life startling the children again . |
| 20 | Then you can split split it several times as well . |
| 21 | You 'd , you 'd expect me erm er with my finger on that pulse to have made that point to the directors , may be help me make it several times during our sort of discussions about er both this year 's budget and next year 's projections . |
| 22 | I do n't know why , but David has been to see it several times he thought it was really good . |
| 23 | Police have located the owner of a van with the same number plates , who described the builders ' logo on the vehicle when he sold it several months ago . |
| 24 | When he had the message , he read it several times . |
| 25 | However , anglers regularly take home large quantities of fish , selling it locally , storing it in freezers and eating it several times a week . |
| 26 | Most people only have shingles once in a lifetime but it is possible to have it several times . |
| 27 | Well we did try and mend it several times , but he 's |
| 28 | Even when I did believe it we discussed it several times , but he would n't change his mind . |
| 29 | There is none of that apparently aimless wandering in short stretches , punctuated by frequent bends , going halfway round the compass to reach the next hamlet or village , which characterises the byroads in country that has never been in open field or left it several centuries ago . |
| 30 | If the Operator terminal is in use , the Offline System will try to access it several times in quick succession ; if it remains unavailable the Offline run will not take place and a message reporting the situation will be sent via the mail system to the Offline Manager . |