Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He spoke once during the second reading debate , spoke or intervened thirteen times in committee , once on report , and once on third reading . |
| 2 | Bottom the previous season , Albion finished ninth of 12 in the Wearside League second division , Billy Harker top scoring with 15 of which one , reputedly , was a penalty that bounced three times en route . |
| 3 | The sight of the two customers that entered this time stayed her hand holding the small brass scoop that was about to transfer a minute amount of coconut chips to the scale . |
| 4 | The procession that attended this time was impressive : |
| 5 | The hon. Gentleman will appreciate that it would not be the first inspector 's decision that took some time to see the light of day once it had been referred to a Department . |
| 6 | Now both dogs were fastened to the pipes by heavy chains that rattled each time they moved . |
| 7 | Douglas , disappointed , had of course been prepared for this also , and wasted little time in cursing . |
| 8 | He was waiting for her outside and wasted little time in virtually hustling her outside to where his car was waiting for them . |
| 9 | This exile might have been permanent had Swegen not died in February 1014. Æthelred was invited back , and wasted little time in expelling Cnut and his army from their Lincolnshire base . |
| 10 | The victim was confronted by a group of youths and stabbed four times as he walked home at Bletchley in Milton Keynes . |
| 11 | He was punched and kicked to the ground and stabbed three times in the back . |
| 12 | Born in Liverpool to a West African father in 1951 , Conteh won ABA , British and Commonwealth titles but was stripped of his world title by the World Boxing Council for failing to go through with a contracted defence in 1977 and failed three times to regain the championship before retiring in 1981 . |
| 13 | Kevin tried a few years ago and failed this time … he aims to make history … and if he does we 'll be there … |
| 14 | Like so much else in these cantos , the last line is midleading , since it suggests it was by an edict of Henry III that the Magna Charta was sent to all cathedrals and read four times a year , whereas Coke 's Institutes make it clear that this was on the contrary an enactment of Edward I. ‘ Selinunte ’ and ‘ Akragas ’ ( the old name of Agrigento ) are ancient Greek cities in Sicily . |
| 15 | Other aspects of packaging may emphasise the convenience of the pack , as for example in cigarette packets which may be opened and reopened several times , or beer cans , which can be opened safely by pulling a ring . |
| 16 | Each point is clearly and simply made and reinforced seven times . |
| 17 | This process is called modularization ; data is written once and used many times in different applications . |
| 18 | In fact , while an oil cargo could be sold and resold several times a day under the right market conditions , very few North Atlantic or Baltic general cargo shipments are sold on the water . |
| 19 | The likelihood , indeed , is that they would have been repeated and rehearsed many times ( 'now that 's a very good point you 're making there — I wonder if you could conceivably contrive to put it a little more precisely' ) . |
| 20 | And stopped many times . ’ |
| 21 | The train was slow and stopped several times for no reason we knew of and with no apparent likelihood of continuing . |
| 22 | Gerald has been married and divorced 4 times . |
| 23 | The linesman saw the incident and McDonough has been sent off twice and suspended three times this season . |
| 24 | ‘ I will continue to train and may play in the reserves next season in case of emergencies , ’ added the U's boss , who has been sent off twice and suspended three times during this campaign . |
| 25 | She landed on the grass and bounced three times and finally came to rest . |
| 26 | Gorman is based in Letterkenny and played 20 times for the first team last season scoring three goals . |
| 27 | Progress was slow , and delayed several times . |
| 28 | She paused and snorted several times . |
| 29 | In his eagerness to escape the encroaching flames , he worked the action and fired three times in rapid succession . |
| 30 | The Arabist listened to him calmly and nodded several times . |