Example sentences of "he [vb past] several time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried several times . |
| 2 | He tried several times without success . |
| 3 | He tried several times to talk to his sister Laetitia on the telephone , but she continued to be elusive . |
| 4 | Incidentally , Ron Atkinson was today praising Gary Speed , and saying how he is the most versatile player in the country since Paul Madeley , and how he tried several times this summer to sign him but was told no by Wilko every time . |
| 5 | He phoned several times — thank god I was out . ’ |
| 6 | He referred several times to " our network " . |
| 7 | The floor was made of bamboo strips laid haphazardly side by side , and he staggered several times as his feet slipped between the round poles . |
| 8 | He started young , encouraged by his father , and reached international level in 1976–8 when he played several times for his native France . |
| 9 | He came several times a year to have a glass of sherry with my mother and I always felt awkward in his presence , fearing that instead of ‘ Would you care for an olive ? ’ |
| 10 | He banged several times . |
| 11 | Gerstner told the IBM Corp meeting in Tampa , Florida that he does not intend to ‘ lay out a grand scheme ’ for the company : ‘ There has been a lot of speculation , ’ Reuter reports him saying , ‘ that I am going to unveil some great plan , ’ Gerstner said ; ‘ You will see actions , and our actions will speak for themselves , ’ but added that some actions will not emerge until 1994 ; he described it as not entirely accurate to describe IBM 's strategy as ‘ splitting it up into a bunch of little pieces , ’ and added that the dividend may change based on IBM 's performance and outlook ; ‘ We ca n't expect quick fixes , ’ Gerstner told more than 3,000 shareholders at the meeting , ‘ But I do dare to ask your patience , ’ he said ; his top priority is to get IBM 's layoffs completed and ‘ rightsize ’ the company — ‘ I want to get it behind us so we can say to those remaining , ‘ You are are our team , ’ ’ he said ; he acknowledged several times that IBM 's bureaucracy had hampered the company , and elsewhere it was reported that he has ordered managers to dispense with the customary slides and flip charts when they address him — ‘ IBM has changed but some would say not fast enough , ’ but ‘ We can bring IBM back , ’ Gerstner said . |
| 12 | ‘ Fablan Fawr , ’ he repeated several times , and smiled again . |
| 13 | He neighed several times in a very intelligent , gentle way , and I almost wondered if he was speaking in his own language . |
| 14 | When the man who waited with her crept to her shoulder and whispered in her ear , as he did several times between his nervous pacings about the room , she made him no answer , and never seemed even to be aware of him , though her braced tension made it plain that nothing that passed in this apartment escaped her instant notice . |
| 15 | On Chancery matters he was not well known , nor indeed on matrimonial matters , although he appeared several times in leading divorce cases . |
| 16 | Then he whistled several times and very soon a blackbird appeared on the ground in front of him . |
| 17 | Ulster Unionist Jim Rodgers who has visited President Robinson in Dublin , said he had several times tried to dissuade her advisers from allowing the meeting with the Sinn Fein leader , and was ‘ angry and disappointed ’ that she went ahead . |
| 18 | He replayed several times a shot of Tammuz pawing at his face , messing with his hair ; anxious gestures . |
| 19 | ‘ I want you to have a great time tonight , ’ he said several times , ‘ but do n't go without taking away 12 business cards . ’ |
| 20 | Modigliani disliked writing letters , but during the winter of 1919 he wrote several times to Zborowski in Paris on practical matters , asking urgently for money and canvases , thanking Zbo for sending money and , rather touchingly , explaining his progress or the lack of it to his dealer . |
| 21 | I remind the Secretary of State and his Ministers that the National Consumer Council , which he quoted several times , was set up by Shirley Williams and me when the Department of Prices and Consumer Protection was still in existence . |