Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] a few times " in BNC.
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1 | In fact , you can just get on and off them a few times and they never seem to register the same thing twice ! |
2 | During the evening she caught sight of him a few times , always dancing , holding his partners very close , and managing to avoid her eyes . |
3 | I 'm glad it was one of my second-hand buys ; it only cost £10 so I suppose I 've had my money 's worth out of it a few times in the garden . |
4 | I mean , when our Bon was learning I went with her a few times she frightened the life out of me ! |
5 | ‘ Dylan as an actor and as an explosive performing force was a dangerous rival for other actors , as I know , for I worked with him a few times or several , and once for instance a director [ Douglas Cleverdon ] said to him — we were rehearsing a radio play at the time — Dylan , will you take the words ‘ Mam ! |
6 | I 'd gone out with him a few times — pictures in Penzance , that sort of thing , and father being away … |
7 | Oh she knew the bloke , she 'd be she 'd been out with him a few times before right , he 's , he 's not a bad bloke but like I said like I said erm but he 's respect for her I said to her |
8 | and me go off , I would n't do that without really you know , having been out with him a few times . |
9 | Thornaby skipper Mike Priestley will be hoping he can repeat that feat for him a few times this season . |
10 | She said the name to herself a few times , enjoying the feeling it created . |
11 | ‘ I 'd spoken to him a few times , ’ Avril recalls . |
12 | I just barged up to him a few times during the evening and in the end he said , ‘ Alright then , let's hear you sing ’ and he was impressed . |
13 | ‘ I 've spoken to him a few times and he 's the epitome of a true warrior . |
14 | If I took the food away from her too often , though , there was a danger she would lose interest , so I had to give in to her a few times . |
15 | And they 're all they 're they 're all patterns within lots of similarities , by going through it a few times like that and when you when you 've done that go through again say and with and everywhere you could write the whole lot out again |
16 | Cedric , on the other band , though obviously delighted to meet her , gave no hint of doing his part , After sniffing her over , he danced around her a few times , goofy-faced , tongue lolling . |