Example sentences of "[adv prt] to the [noun sg] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He cites the Chinese gesture of bowing down to the ground nine times before an emperor . |
| 2 | She can send a note over to the pit any time . |
| 3 | There was no Madame Eglantine , only a garrulous old man who chattered like a magpie , took the package and said he would hand it over to the lady next time she visited the place . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been right up to the fence several times ! |
| 5 | But by all accounts she 's phoned up to the house four times . |
| 6 | They 're great chums now , Durkin has even been invited out to the house several times . ’ |
| 7 | So , I suppose one of them , right , we can make mature , so if you 'd like to put your handset by the side of your phone , do n't put it down , we 'll let that one mature and prove that after 75 seconds we ca n't lose them , and with the other one , can we just prove that we can go back to the conversation any time we like . |
| 8 | I get back to the phone many time later you know see , I ca n't |
| 9 | It took a long time , so long that Sylvie had almost given up , had gone back to the clinic several times . |
| 10 | ‘ We came here the Saturday before last and won in the League , now we 're pleased to be taking them back to the Bridge this time . |