Example sentences of "[vb past] a few times " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Helen phoned a few times . |
| 2 | Yeah , we stopped a few times you know in the |
| 3 | ’ ‘ ard to bruise a ‘ tato , but even ‘ arder to sell a bunch of grapes that 's been picked up and dropped a few times . ’ |
| 4 | Well , Anna came a few times . |
| 5 | So after it happened a few times our teacher said ‘ We wo n't have cooking like this any more . ’ |
| 6 | That happened a few times . |
| 7 | Every time he walked that 's him come back again and every time he stopped it stopped and this happened a few times and he was very scared and he thought he had better go and see what the noise was and anything well it was just a pet sheep tangled up in its tether . |
| 8 | That happened a few times ! |
| 9 | I galloped a few times round the yard after him , then had another go . |
| 10 | Representatives from as many relevant agencies as possible met a few times a year , and devised an agreed strategy for the inner area concerned . |
| 11 | We met a few times . |
| 12 | He swayed and teetered a few times , and there were gasps from the onlookers . |
| 13 | What they had said really ‘ took seed ’ a few months later , when I set off on a world trip for seven months , and during that time the friend I was with , Ella , decided a few times , in different parts of the world , to lose some weight and tone up . |
| 14 | Quinn eased the armchair away from the wall , grunted a few times for the benefit of the wall microphone , switched off the tape-recorder , rolled on to the bed and genuinely went to sleep . |
| 15 | The telephone rang a few times , and then her father answered in his clipped , business-like voice . |
| 16 | I swore a few times . |
| 17 | I repeated a few times , and it worked a treat — on a window as well . |
| 18 | I also fell a few times . ’ |
| 19 | ran away from it you see and then when he came back he came to us and he growled a few times at it , so , but erm , backed off you know |
| 20 | They circled a few times on the parquet floor in the hall . |
| 21 | Blinked a few times instead and told him in a croaky voice that I 'd met Erica Upton twice and had sat next to her at dinner . |
| 22 | Moz 's dinner could then be brought into the yard without dumping it over the fence ; and the horse was then led up to this food , caressed a few times , and released while he was still distracted by eating the first few mouthfuls . |
| 23 | You were right about him being mentioned in the Eye ; appeared a few times and I got the cuts up … ’ |
| 24 | Gurder 's mouth opened and shut a few times . |
| 25 | The girl 's mouth opened and shut a few times . |
| 26 | I coughed and spluttered and gagged a few times , then fell back into Jamie 's arms , bringing my legs up to my chin to ease the ache in my stomach muscles . |
| 27 | He eagle-eyed the cross bunkers , waggled a few times , opened his shoulders and — wham ! |