Example sentences of "do it [adj] times " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he had done it countless times before there was always a risk involved , especially since the introduction of guard dogs trained to sniff out illegal stowaways like himself . |
| 2 | last time you 've done it five times in a row . |
| 3 | He had done it many times before . |
| 4 | For swiftly , and with such adroitness that Fabia felt he must have done it many times before , in no time , and before she could blink , Lubor had caught her in his arms . |
| 5 | I 've done it many times , and they 're wondering who they 're speaking to , is it the press , or is it some private number they 've got instead . |
| 6 | Yeah and we wound , re-wound the tape and er looked for the number and it 's the same number , I 've done it three times and I got this other bloke and I went right through it once and it says |
| 7 | The clock chimed in the hall : it must have done it several times but I had n't heard . |
| 8 | By the time she had done it several times , and copied out the postscript , and redone the drawing , it sounded false to her and she lost her nerve completely . |
| 9 | I bet you 're right , just cos you 've done it forty times |
| 10 | But your experience on , on one thing , I think , was , I can do it five times better than that . |
| 11 | I 've tried to do it endless times since but the drink just goes everywhere . |
| 12 | ‘ It is a fantastic achievement to win here just once but to do it six times is amazing and a very special feat . ’ |
| 13 | But for the moment , alas , there was only a ropy old futon on which to do it four times a night and the prospect of another day filled with sweet governmental messages of the ‘ I want to lick you all over ’ variety . |
| 14 | I keep saying to him , look Colin , I said , I know a couple of times a week 's enough for me , but that 's worth waiting for , but when you 're doing it three times and then get sick of it . |
| 15 | yeah yeah what did you say they did it three times ? |
| 16 | Er as you can see , the wrist action that she does is very difficult erm stressful , we do it many times a day . |
| 17 | And , on average , we each do it five times in our life . |
| 18 | For instance if you want to turn an object on a lathe erm and you go from one end of a shaft to the other , no matter , supposing you do it ten times , erm the machine will take that cut in exactly the same time . |
| 19 | Take three breaths and then repeat the Energizing Breathing so that you do it three times altogether . |
| 20 | I do it three times . |