Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the [noun] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have personally been down to the suppliers several times and checked , and there is no doubt we will have delivery . |
| 2 | He cites the Chinese gesture of bowing down to the ground nine times before an emperor . |
| 3 | ‘ Come down to the stables some time . |
| 4 | They come in here for one orange juice and they 're up and down to the loos five times in one night with different blokes . ’ |
| 5 | They 've been working very hard , in some cases long hours I think it 's right because this is a similar discussion we had by Public Protection Committee about a report and the main thing about the report is to find ways in which this could be avoided and that we could take such action as necessary and obviously some matters to avoid such a happening again but having said that other parts of West Sussex have always tended to be erm when you get excess rain erm you tend to get flooded in on the train many times some houses have got boats down the bottom of their garden and it 's not just now it 's been flooded , but it has been flooded in more recent times and that 's probably something we should be looking at . |
| 6 | We even marched to our navigation classes , bustling along at the RAF quick time , arms swinging shoulder high . |
| 7 | She can send a note over to the pit any time . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | They looked into one another 's eyes , and kissed with a great tenderness , as though they had to make up for the anger last time . |
| 10 | The ladder could have been put up against the wall any time of night — ’ |
| 11 | Though he has yet to finish on a winning side — Great Britain lost both tests and were defeated 8-O at Leigh — & name is confident the side will come up with the goods this time . |
| 12 | We wo n't come up with the answer first time at Co-ordinators , but … second time I hope . |
| 13 | Practise putting your tent up in the garden several times . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been right up to the fence several times ! |
| 15 | But by all accounts she 's phoned up to the house four times . |
| 16 | It went on and on until I was nearly frantic , so I went out for the evening several times in one week to release the tension . |
| 17 | Waves burst over the cockpit into the saloon only to pour out through the manhole each time the bridge-deck broke free for a moment . |
| 18 | Notts County will disagree with that after picking the ball out of the net 5 times . |
| 19 | The former Benson gate guard Spitfire PR.XIX PM651 will return to St Athan and be placed in storage along with the remaining Spitfires that were brought in out of the cold some time ago . |
| 20 | It forced me out of the attic three times a day to discover my new surroundings and meet the local people . |
| 21 | He said a 130lb sheat-fish was hauled out of the Dnepr one time . |
| 22 | He would draw the money out of the bank this time . |
| 23 | Expel the remaining clear suspension and draw it back into the syringe several times to break up clumps of cells . |
| 24 | which was that four point one was n't included in the papers that went to staff consultative , which was the general list of things that we pulled out from the brainstorm last time . |
| 25 | I fucked you once — on the stairs , remember ? — when Alec blacked out in the kitchen that time . |
| 26 | Violent rioting has broken out in the camps many times in recent weeks . |
| 27 | As he quickly washed off Friday night 's mud , he made a mental note not to take it out on the machine next time he got drunk . |
| 28 | They 're great chums now , Durkin has even been invited out to the house several times . ’ |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | I get back to the phone many time later you know see , I ca n't |