Example sentences of "[noun] a [adj] times [conj] " 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 | I only saw Stephen a few times before I went back to prison . |
| 3 | They had been to the Fish a few times before and Mary had little difficulty in sousing the coarse splutterings of the pair of spoilt whelps who were nonetheless , she thought , by no means bad or wicked young men . |
| 4 | Rex has told me all about the Tyrrell Society and their activities a dozen times if he 's told me once . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | My child you used and pierced my heart a hundred times and deep . ’ |
| 7 | It was a house I 'd passed by twice a day a hundred times or more . |
| 8 | He simply shook his head a few times and went on grinning . |
| 9 | He recycled the wheels a few times but still the lights remained on . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Equally , everybody knows why everybody stays , they 've been through all the arguments a hundred times before and now they do n't need to any more , now they know they 're not to blame and their husbands are n't the homicidal maniacs some theorists would have them be . |
| 12 | I remember the days of the old motorbike test , when you just rode around the block a few times while the examiner walked to various points and watched you . |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | He practised the phrase a few times and then stuffed the book back in the outside pocket of his jacket . |
| 15 | Pascoe had obtained the number from directory enquiries and listened to her answerphone message a dozen times or more . |
| 16 | hark an hear da tractor a dizzen times afore he cam |
| 17 | You may need to carry out the above exercises a few times before you get any results . |
| 18 | She 'd seen the book a dozen times and he knew this perfectly well ; he was challenging her to go further , but Lucy now knew better . |
| 19 | Zen had watched this cycle a dozen times or more when he felt a touch on his shoulder and turned to find Gilberto grinning up at him . |
| 20 | He cleared his throat a few times and groaned like an aged dog in pain . |
| 21 | Shall we — ‘ But James had mentally worded his speech a dozen times and would not be forestalled . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |