Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stabbed them many times after they were dead . |
| 2 | Mm used me two times table . |
| 3 | He promised me this time he really would stop cranking . |
| 4 | He invited me several times to supper at his parents ' house . |
| 5 | He caught me last time though . |
| 6 | Through a literary agent I had in New York I was able to help Sir Charles arrange the publication of that last book in America and I visited him many times , to hear him talk . |
| 7 | At first his wife never left him , since the doctors had told her that it was vital that he should find her there when he came out of his coma , and then when the immediate danger had passed she visited him three times a day and gave him his meals . |
| 8 | His mother phoned him several times and Jack had a disturbed night 's sleep . |
| 9 | It 's in response to Mr Allenby 's question we seem to be patiently waiting for I think he posed it some time ago about the county council 's view on whether in the absence of a strategic exceptions policy or whatever you call it , a major exceptions policy in the structure plan , whether the county council would object to it being pursued in the in the local plan . |
| 10 | Anything could have sparked the riots , it just happened to be the injustice of Rodney King 's trial that triggered it this time . |
| 11 | ( It is frequently used : Chirac used it 22 times in 1987 ; it was used 43 times between 1986 and 1988 . ) |
| 12 | I would n't tell him until he assured me three times that I had the job . |
| 13 | ‘ I told them several times I had met him only briefly . |
| 14 | ‘ The cutlets yes , certainly , since the Prince rejected them first time round , and asked for them later , ’ dredging up memories from the depths of his mind . |
| 15 | I mean in terms of population I think I somebody did er Strathclyde regional council used to be a client of mine when I was with Three M er well you know a client of my rep up here but er and they told me some time that I think a huge percentage of the whole of Scotland 's population |
| 16 | And everything he did , as he told me several times in his Tel Aviv office , was strictly according to the law . |
| 17 | So we start negative two , minus two , and I know what add means cos you told me last time . |
| 18 | ‘ Particularly , ’ she continued , quite spoiling the effect , ‘ when I remember all too well what you told me last time we met , as well as … ’ |
| 19 | You told me last time . |
| 20 | ‘ I told you twenty times . ’ |
| 21 | I told you twenty times about that ! |
| 22 | Oh well , I told you another time then ! |
| 23 | Now I think I told you last time that er the whole time me and Anne had been together , we 're not drinkers . |
| 24 | There 's a nice story about my , one of my favourite presidents , I told you last time , Theodore Roosevelt , Roosevelt got very frustrated with congress so he sent the American navy , he had no money , they would n't give him any money , so he sent the American navy to the Philippines and he said to congress if you want them back again you 'd better vote some more money cos they have n't got any fuel erm which is a fairly odd way of proceeding one might think . |
| 25 | ‘ I told you some time ago I 'd seen wor young 'un with a piece . |
| 26 | She lifted her head and banged it several times on the floor . |
| 27 | Then , picking up the poker from the hearth , she banged it three times against the back of the fireplace . |
| 28 | I practised it enough times in the car coming here , ’ Whitlock replied with a grin . |
| 29 | The Phoenix Dance Company instructors told us several times that our movements were very good and at one time described them as ‘ nice . ’ |
| 30 | The Phoenix Dance Company instructors told us several times that our movements were very good and at one time described them as ‘ nice . ’ |