Example sentences of "a [adj] times [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That you se it was , it was on here a few times he talks deliberately , and rather slow |
| 2 | You 'll soon get the hang of it — once you 've been caught a few times you 'll suss out the attack patterns — but until you do , frustration is high . |
| 3 | When you 've been through this a few times you 'll |
| 4 | Yeah , we stopped a few times you know in the |
| 5 | Listening , as you become more comfortable and you become , you 've done it a few times you know what you 're gon na have to say and then you , you er , you listen more carefully to the answers . |
| 6 | I can also , if I erm come across the same problem a few times I could hopefully work on that and then probably eradicate altogether . |
| 7 | A few times I sat down in the kitchen and almost told mum but changed my mind . |
| 8 | I think there 's a few times I was gon na pack in cos I used to do the same amount of work as everyone else and I got paid |
| 9 | I remember once , yeah it was like that , yeah that 's right , not one , but a few times I used to get on the train from Runcorn to Liverpool , I had an address to go to in Liverpool , rough directions how to get there , to pick up a suit or to pick up a fitting , you know you 'd get the , the different |
| 10 | mimics them and that , oh I hate that , I hate that as I say a few times I thought to myself I do not like |
| 11 | I thought after a few times she 'll stop and she 'll accept it . |
| 12 | The big dog had snapped it from his fingers eagerly enough , but after rolling it around in her mouth a few times she spat it to the floor and pawed at it , growling and sniffing her distaste . |
| 13 | A few times she shouted at them , saying that they were disturbing the peace of the neighbourhood , but this did not discourage them ; a few evenings later they would come back with new songs . |
| 14 | If a black pupil comes to see her a few times she automatically labels them as troublemakers . |
| 15 | A few times she was aware that he was watching her , but managed every time to resist the temptation to look up , unsure of just what she might see in his eyes . |
| 16 | I mean , when our Bon was learning I went with her a few times she frightened the life out of me ! |
| 17 | Should we not also still go for the , if we can , the one and a half times they work Saturdays ? |
| 18 | When you 've botched a job a dozen times you do n't hang around waiting to try one more time , you abandon it . |
| 19 | The first thing that struck me was that of about 100 different offerings at least half a dozen times I 'd been stopped in my tracks by absolutely classic flavours . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've told you a thousand times we ca n't afford it , or rather , I 'm not going to afford it . |
| 21 | For all that you 've been in and out of our house a thousand times you do n't know the way they are . ’ |