Example sentences of "[prep] a few times " in BNC.
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1 | I thought after a few times she 'll stop and she 'll accept it . |
2 | Yeah , erm when we went in there for a few times used to get headaches and that . |
3 | Go on Jo go , go on Jo , go and get your word in that we 've missed off a few times . |
4 | It 's been toyed with a few times but as far I 'm aware , this is probably the first serious attempt — certainly at the sort of scale we 're talking of — to use a perched beach to provide coastal protection . |
5 | She had done this before a few times perhaps , but not that many times . |
6 | The hit man has been called in a few times to finish off Jeffrey Probyn yet never once has he managed to carry out his murderous brief . |
7 | ‘ Yeah , and she 's been in a few times since . |
8 | It has n't been a disastrous trip for me , but I got in a few times without going on to a really big score . ’ |
9 | Three girls , see you 're lucky really cos if they 'd had three boys an i , in a few times , you know , ten years time like , they 'd have all , the boys would of been growing up and they 'd have had cars stuck everywhere , you know what I mean ? |
10 | To prevent the ‘ feet ’ of wheelbarrows wearing away prematurely , reinforce them with a coathanger wire coiled tightly round a few times . |
11 | You 'll read that sort of round and round a few times before you get it straight in your head what 's |
12 | He might look like an old man who 's been run over a few times to you , but to me … ’ he puffed his chest out even further ‘ … he 's a vicious criminal . ’ |
13 | tossed over a few times in the night , burnt me eyes out |
14 | You slipped over a few times but you got up alright did n't you ? |
15 | to go over a few times . |
16 | For example , one director commented that when he saw a topic referred to a few times then it would ‘ click ’ in his mind , and he would then consider if it could have some significance to his company . |
17 | He 's a gem , always full of good humour , and he 's been on a few times , now , but this particular moment was when I noticed in the studio lights a glint of trouser zip . |
18 | Bloody film star he ought to be , not a and he you see him on the television , he 's been on a few times at night ! |
19 | Tension in the neck and shoulders can be eased by circling the shoulders up and around a few times backwards and forwards and by circling your head slowly down to your chest and then up so that your neck is stretched with your chin in the air . |