Example sentences of "[vb infin] a [adj] times " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's the sort of film you can sit and watch a few times . |
| 2 | ‘ In this way ’ he declared in 1895 , ‘ they would do a thousand times more good than by denouncing Roman Catholics , Unitarians or anyone else. , There were united missionary services and neighbourhood ‘ visitations ’ after which the names of those visited were passed on to a minister of their denomination . |
| 3 | You work it out in stages , little bits , and then you add the bits together and then you add the bits together , so you say , well I could do a hundred times seventeen and then I could do ones times seventeen . |
| 4 | Today a tiny microelectronic processor less than a quarter-inch square can carry a hundred times more computing power than the massive Ferranti Mark I Star , Europe 's first commercial computer produced in 1950 . |
| 5 | But I think I should ring a few times before I would arrange to meet him . |
| 6 | He 's certainly made me laugh a few times ! |
| 7 | What I needed was a solid holder that would n't let pencils bend or break , and a retainer that would expand and contract a million times . |
| 8 | Has n't anyone told Mrs Thatcher that bottled water can cost a thousand times as much as water from the tap ? |
| 9 | ‘ Think of all that happiness , ’ she said , ‘ and understand that a single hit of cocaine , just a single hit , will produce a hundred times as much pleasure-making dopamine as that one happy day . |
| 10 | ‘ You 'll pay a thousand times over . |
| 11 | It was difficult to see him alone , but I did manage a few times . |
| 12 | I saw him play a few times last year when they were still in the premier div. and was fairly impressed however I have n't seen his form this season and I 'm sure a year in Div.1 wo n't have improved him . |
| 13 | I only saw it open a few times but as far as I remember there were a couple of old ledgers and a stack of pocket files . ’ |