Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [pers pn] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I took the food away from her too often , though , there was a danger she would lose interest , so I had to give in to her a few times . |
| 2 | " She gave up on me a long time ago , but she made sure that my two sons , Charles and Joseph , speak the language of her forebears , and that will stand us in good stead in your colony . " |
| 3 | I just barged up to him a few times during the evening and in the end he said , ‘ Alright then , let's hear you sing ’ and he was impressed . |
| 4 | I 'm glad it was one of my second-hand buys ; it only cost £10 so I suppose I 've had my money 's worth out of it a few times in the garden . |
| 5 | I 'd gone out with him a few times — pictures in Penzance , that sort of thing , and father being away … |
| 6 | Oh she knew the bloke , she 'd be she 'd been out with him a few times before right , he 's , he 's not a bad bloke but like I said like I said erm but he 's respect for her I said to her |
| 7 | and me go off , I would n't do that without really you know , having been out with him a few times . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , while you 're here supporting your partner you can tell me to my face why you intend walking out on me a second time in my life . ’ |
| 9 | And from this time I knew I had to give up so many things — my sailing and so on — but the music came back to me a hundred times better . |