Example sentences of "it [adj] times in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( It is frequently used : Chirac used it 22 times in 1987 ; it was used 43 times between 1986 and 1988 . ) |
| 2 | Ephron picks up Abraham 's ‘ give ’ and uses it three times in his opening offer . |
| 3 | What is equally undeniable is Die Auferstehung 's status as a masterwork ( Mozart conducted it three times in 1788 , expressing no small amount of enthusiasm ) , and this recording 's fine presentation of the piece , worthy to stand beside Hermann Max 's [ see my review of JS Bach 's Magnificat below — Ed. ] splendid Capriccio recording ( coupled with . |
| 4 | Sleepless in Scotland she had walked it many times in her mind . |
| 5 | ‘ Opinion polls may or may not turn out to be right at a later stage ’ ; ‘ Local authorities exceeded projected expenditure by quite a margin ’ ; ‘ When this campaign started some weeks ago ’ ; ‘ I concede the point , for I have stated it many times in the past . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But I have gone over it many times in my mind about why we lost so heavily in India and one of the main reasons for me was that we were not used to playing on turning pitches . |
| 7 | And , on average , we each do it five times in our life . |
| 8 | last time you 've done it five times in a row . |
| 9 | I practised it enough times in the car coming here , ’ Whitlock replied with a grin . |
| 10 | Flex your wrist up and down , and rotate it several times in both directions . |
| 11 | I ran over it several times in my head afterwards . |
| 12 | Dutifully she and Luke followed Anna and Sam through the house ; they discovered that they had both visited it several times in the past . |
| 13 | As the House knows , because I have said it several times in business questions , my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has said that the establishment of a Northern Ireland Select Committee is best taken forward in the context of the fresh political talks . |
| 14 | If the Operator terminal is in use , the Offline System will try to access it several times in quick succession ; if it remains unavailable the Offline run will not take place and a message reporting the situation will be sent via the mail system to the Offline Manager . |
| 15 | Detective Superintendent Pat Crossan said : ‘ Mrs Wignall must have gone over it 1,000 times in her mind but she ca n't think of anything that triggered the attack . |