Example sentences of "[pers pn] [num] times [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I had dinner with an actor the other night who managed to tell me three times throughout the meal that he was 50 . |
| 2 | But I think conductors would not be the answer because what happens when the driver is smoking as has happened to me three times in three weeks . |
| 3 | I told you twenty times about that ! |
| 4 | ‘ And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me , but walk contrary unto me , ’ he read out , ‘ then will I walk contrary unto you also in fury ; and I , even I , will chastise you seven times for your sins . |
| 5 | Talking of the whip I mean we 're only allowed to hit them five times over here . |
| 6 | They stabbed and slashed him 45 times with hunting knives . |
| 7 | And it was Rosemary who finished up in casualty after Carssier kicked her three times in the stomach ! |
| 8 | ( It is frequently used : Chirac used it 22 times in 1987 ; it was used 43 times between 1986 and 1988 . ) |
| 9 | The new Emperor called for lights , examined the face , then thrust at it three times with a sword . |
| 10 | Then , picking up the poker from the hearth , she banged it three times against the back of the fireplace . |
| 11 | Ephron picks up Abraham 's ‘ give ’ and uses it three times in his opening offer . |
| 12 | What is equally undeniable is Die Auferstehung 's status as a masterwork ( Mozart conducted it three times in 1788 , expressing no small amount of enthusiasm ) , and this recording 's fine presentation of the piece , worthy to stand beside Hermann Max 's [ see my review of JS Bach 's Magnificat below — Ed. ] splendid Capriccio recording ( coupled with . |
| 13 | During that time we won it 3 times despite being in the second division for half that time . |
| 14 | It 's almost painful to tell kids who have gone to see The Graduate eight times that once was enough for you because you 've already seen it eighty times with Charles Ray and Robert Harron and Richard Barthlemess and Richard Cromwell and Charles Farrell … |
| 15 | He proceeded to play it five times at the next night 's party ( ‘ We thought he was just being nice but he said it was great ! ’ ) . |
| 16 | And , on average , we each do it five times in our life . |
| 17 | last time you 've done it five times in a row . |
| 18 | You could n't join the library until you were seven , and before that I read my Hans Christian Anderson back to front when I 'd read it twenty times from start to finish . |
| 19 | On June 18 , the Supreme Soviet finally adopted the state budget for 1992 , which had been prepared with IMF and World Bank advice , having returned it four times to the budgetary commission for redrafting . |
| 20 | Detective Superintendent Pat Crossan said : ‘ Mrs Wignall must have gone over it 1,000 times in her mind but she ca n't think of anything that triggered the attack . |
| 21 | I do n't believe in the God the parson used to present to us three times on a Sunday . ’ |