Example sentences of "[prep] the few times " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( One of the few times we missed out was with a 200lb sturgeon caught in the North Sea . |
| 2 | One day Tony gets up to watch and witnesses one of the few times when the sun travels across a blue , cloudless sky . |
| 3 | ‘ A mirror , ’ Reynard repeats , realising this is one of the few times in his life he 's been surprised . |
| 4 | It was one of the few times that the pulp glossy pop press produced journalism worth reading . |
| 5 | It was one of the few times he did n't get up and down from trouble , and that put us level . |
| 6 | One of the few times you will find big bream in waters which do not match up to the points I have mentioned is when they are the result of a recent stocking operation . |
| 7 | In fact , it was one of the few times I had seen him act in a civil way towards his stepmother . |
| 8 | She could look back on that time with a great deal of fondness ; it had been one of the few times in her life when she had been truly free — there had been no one , neither family , friends nor employer — to make demands on her . |
| 9 | It was a perfect day of hot sun with a light following wind , one of the few times that we were able to sunbathe . |
| 10 | Edward sat frozen , one of the few times in his life he had been genuinely frightened . |
| 11 | It was one of the few times in my life when I actually spoke the truth . |
| 12 | And er we , one of the few times my dad came to Foundry Lane he I got a book , I think it were called Tiger Tim and , on the back they gave a model that you cut out with scissors and pu |
| 13 | Did , even with the few times my parents have gone away , I 've never held parties , I may of had a couple of mates round just to let them kip over or something , come back I 've never , ever held a party , I would n't , I respect them , well I mean I would n't respect them make , every er penny they earned in the last fifteen years gone into that house , they 've had one holiday in that time and erm , gorgeous house , no its a lovely house , full of nice stuff as well , I , I , I would n't dare have a party |
| 14 | ‘ As I told you , I did n't go out much when I worked in London , but I 've got a silk dress which I wore on the few times I went to the opera . |