Example sentences of "a few times [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moran rattled the newspaper a few times but by the time he could look around the three children were locked back into their school books . |
| 2 | The fish have bred a few times but each time the fry have died . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've tried quite a few times but mine are never any good . ’ |
| 4 | He recycled the wheels a few times but still the lights remained on . |
| 5 | I 've done that quite a few times but it does n't have any lasting effect , so maybe I 'd be a bad catch , ’ he says . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | I mean you 've got to try and keep yourself afloat , and then even that 's not going to help you , if nobody comes along and picks you up either , so I mean that But I mean I I did n't Oh well I Suppose I could say I gave up hope a few times but obviously if you s The struggle to survive comes through in the long run , and I mean it 's it 's not easy to give up hope , |
| 8 | it 's been uppermost in my mind a few times but the I daresay I would n't go to prison the first time . |
| 9 | Yeah he was more real I mean when you sort of just sit there she , she threw me off track a few times but er he was more realistic so therefore . |
| 10 | It 's been toyed with a few times but as far I 'm aware , this is probably the first serious attempt — certainly at the sort of scale we 're talking of — to use a perched beach to provide coastal protection . |
| 11 | the county keeper was shaken a few times but not often stirred |
| 12 | You slipped over a few times but you got up alright did n't you ? |
| 13 | So we 've been down there a few times but I said to you did n't I ? |
| 14 | She took the lift up to the sixth floor and came to the room one O nine , which was her room , as she entered she noticed cobwebs and dampness on the walls , she flung her bed , bags on the bed and went downstairs to supper , after her supper she went to report , she went to the reception desk to report the cobwebs and dampness , she rang the bell a few times but no one answered , she was just about to go back to her room when she heard Mr Sandy the receptionist in the back room talking to her assistant , I put the body in Miss Hall 's wardrobe , Jane ran upstairs and sure enough there was a body , Jane rang the police then straight away , please could you come to the Riverside Hotel , there 's something I think you should see , there was a knock at the door and Mr Sandy answered it , hello , oh hello we 've just had phone call from here , are you sure this is the right hotel ? |
| 15 | In fact , you can just get on and off them a few times and they never seem to register the same thing twice ! |
| 16 | He practised the phrase a few times and then stuffed the book back in the outside pocket of his jacket . |
| 17 | It meant driving up to the London Passport Office a few times and waiting around there for interminable periods , but I hoped that it was going to be worth it . |
| 18 | I woke up a few times and got Mum out of bed all bleary-eyed and irritable in her nightie telling her a bogey-man was after me . |
| 19 | Most young people who try sniffing ( and remember , those who try sniffing are only a small minority ) will only do it a few times and stop without any help from adults . |
| 20 | I 'm very upfront about being happily married — I 've brought Nick into the office a few times and I mention him in conversation whenever it 's appropriate . |
| 21 | I have been preaching a few times and invitations are coming in , so it is good experience for me . |
| 22 | I 've seen him a few times and he 's never made a favourable impression on me ! |
| 23 | ‘ He needs to combine conciliation and compromise with a willingness to get mean a few times and draw lines against big business . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've spoken to him a few times and he 's the epitome of a true warrior . |
| 25 | He simply shook his head a few times and went on grinning . |
| 26 | Storms Morrissey , at No 23 in the charts with former band The Smiths ' This Charming Man : ‘ I 've met Vic Reeves a few times and I ca n't believe he 'd do something so hurtful . |
| 27 | You were right about him being mentioned in the Eye ; appeared a few times and I got the cuts up … ’ |
| 28 | " Oh I 've been 'ere a few times and I 've heard some bleedin' awful screams comin' out of that room . |
| 29 | He cleared his throat a few times and groaned like an aged dog in pain . |
| 30 | They thump your chest a few times and call the old crash unit and then they grope around for your pulse , but it 's a very amateurish affair really . ’ |