Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 He told Mr. Frost about Beckett 's law and Mr. Frost asked him several times whether the level of taxation that would then result —
2 Mr Henderson asked him three times if he had any idea what a kidney was for .
3 Mr Henderson asked him three times if he had any idea what a kidney was for .
4 Finally , after 180 gallons of water and three hundredweight of coal going through Jesse , Gerry Williams made it third time lucky .
5 After two successive League defeats , Abingdon Town made it third time lucky today with an emphatic three nil win over Horsham here at the Culham Road .
6 Umpires David Shepherd and John Holder chivvied them several times , but although the players might deny it suited them tactically to keep as many of their batting overs in hand for the next day when better weather was promised , it is difficult to dismiss the thought that the level of fines was so derisory that they did not give it a thought .
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