Example sentences of "[noun] a few times [coord] " in BNC.
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1 | it 's been uppermost in my mind a few times but the I daresay I would n't go to prison the first time . |
2 | They thump your chest a few times and call the old crash unit and then they grope around for your pulse , but it 's a very amateurish affair really . ’ |
3 | He simply shook his head a few times and went on grinning . |
4 | He recycled the wheels a few times but still the lights remained on . |
5 | Moran rattled the newspaper a few times but by the time he could look around the three children were locked back into their school books . |
6 | She took the lift up to the sixth floor and came to the room one O nine , which was her room , as she entered she noticed cobwebs and dampness on the walls , she flung her bed , bags on the bed and went downstairs to supper , after her supper she went to report , she went to the reception desk to report the cobwebs and dampness , she rang the bell a few times but no one answered , she was just about to go back to her room when she heard Mr Sandy the receptionist in the back room talking to her assistant , I put the body in Miss Hall 's wardrobe , Jane ran upstairs and sure enough there was a body , Jane rang the police then straight away , please could you come to the Riverside Hotel , there 's something I think you should see , there was a knock at the door and Mr Sandy answered it , hello , oh hello we 've just had phone call from here , are you sure this is the right hotel ? |
7 | He practised the phrase a few times and then stuffed the book back in the outside pocket of his jacket . |
8 | He cleared his throat a few times and groaned like an aged dog in pain . |
9 | It meant driving up to the London Passport Office a few times and waiting around there for interminable periods , but I hoped that it was going to be worth it . |
10 | I 'm very upfront about being happily married — I 've brought Nick into the office a few times and I mention him in conversation whenever it 's appropriate . |
11 | Storms Morrissey , at No 23 in the charts with former band The Smiths ' This Charming Man : ‘ I 've met Vic Reeves a few times and I ca n't believe he 'd do something so hurtful . |
12 | Yeah he was more real I mean when you sort of just sit there she , she threw me off track a few times but er he was more realistic so therefore . |