Example sentences of "times have i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However they might have trouble finding adjectives to do these performances justice : his breathtaking virtuosity , which takes appalling difficulties of the music in its stride , at times had me bogeared in admiration . |
| 2 | How many times had I prayed for the impossible ? |
| 3 | How many times had I heard that remark ? |
| 4 | How many times had I heard , ‘ This is your home , ’ ‘ These are your sons , ’ ‘ You are my sister , ’ ‘ They are your daughters ’ ? |
| 5 | How many times had I told her not to do it ? — to wait . |
| 6 | ' — but how many times have I stood and laughed as that man on the hobbyhorse , a fool , an outsider to the troupe , prances round and through the dancers ? |
| 7 | How many times have I heard you ? |
| 8 | Many times have I heard people say , ‘ But if there is a God up there , then why does he not help me in my dilemma ? ’ |
| 9 | And how many times have I heard that ? |
| 10 | so he said I did say I 'm bringing my wife , she said oh yeah how many times have I heard that before |
| 11 | The absence of Neil Lenham ( how many times have I written that , I wonder ? ) handed Keith Greenfield a more regular opportunity to open , one this Brighton beau has grabbed enthusiastically , twice registering 55-overs bests , narrowly missing a Sunday best and forming such a productive partnership with Jamie Hall that Smith found himself at first drop for the initial one-dayers . |
| 12 | ’ Describing to Louise the heroic quest for style that Madame Bovary represents ( April 19th , 1852 ) , he explains : ‘ How many times have I fallen flat on my face , just when I thought I had it within my grasp . |
| 13 | How many times have I asked myself : when is the world going to start making sense ? |
| 14 | How many times have I disagreed with him ? |
| 15 | Just after the end of our period , in the late 1150s , the celebrated intellectual and letter writer John of Salisbury recounted his travels : ‘ ten times have I crossed the chain of the Alps since I left England first ; twice have I travelled through Apulia ; I have done business often in the Roman court on behalf of my superiors and friends ; and on a variety of counts I have traversed England , and France too , many times . ’ |
| 16 | How many times have I had someone come and say , can you sign this drawing please |
| 17 | How many times have I told you to dismount before letting go of your arrows ? |
| 18 | How many times have I told you that you should give up smoking but you never listen to what I say . |
| 19 | How many times have I told Ma , send the baby back , only to be laughed at and pinched on the cheek ? |
| 20 | ‘ How many times have I told you that I do n't intend to start answering personal questions ? |
| 21 | It 's one of your principle responsibilities , how many times have I told you ? |
| 22 | Look how many times have I told you to stop swinging on the handle you 're tipping it over . |
| 23 | Oh , oh mummy 's tired , how many times have I told you not to have the pen near the furniture though young lady . |