Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [adj] times [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Faldo , interviewed in Golf World magazine , blasted : ‘ I have been 16 years on tour and I can honestly think of only two times I have seen Peter Alliss on a practice ground watching me or anybody hit balls . |
| 2 | He had little idea as to how far they had come and had lost count of how many times they had fallen . |
| 3 | So we ca n't decide , as regardless of how many times they claim , we ca n't say , enough 's enough , we 're not gon na honour the contract any more . |
| 4 | One of the difficulties that results from these cuts and that tax has been that there had been so numerous that it ca n't keep count of how many times they 'd changed the goal posts , how many times they imposed cuts , but you know a lot of the government 's ideas are that it 's money , money , money , but it 's not all financial , it 's been physical and mental . |
| 5 | Speakers were given a score of one point for each one of these features that occurred in their speech , irrespective of how many times it occurred . |
| 6 | As they had passed by Du Cane Road , where the entrance to Wormwood Scrubs prison was , she had been reminded of how many times she had been there , visiting either her husband or one of the older boys . |
| 7 | For more recent times we have the evidence of county gaols , lock-ups , courthouses , prisons , particularly of the Victorian era , which are well documented and have generally survived . |
| 8 | In more recent times it was prescribed as Belladonnae herba ( BPC 1968 ) which was the dried leaves or aerial parts of the plant which contained 0.4–1 per cent of the drug . |
| 9 | In more recent times it was important for over a century for one reason : it was supported by Sir Isaac Newton . |
| 10 | The shield may not have proved quite so strong as they had expected , and in more recent times it has been supported by offensive weapons , such as inspections or investigations instigated by the Department of Trade and Industry . |
| 11 | One answer is that in the late 1980s we have been witnessing structural changes , whereas in more normal times we see only adjustments and changes within a set structure . |
| 12 | In more peaceful times he had assisted many of the ladies of the cantonment in childbirth . |
| 13 | Well there were one or two that was a bit , got on their high horse , you know and say , It 's disgusting and that , but er I never did because er in cases like that I think there but for the grace of God , you know I I would n't condemn people , in those , we were living in very abnormal times you see . |
| 14 | Well you see you do n't even know what chapter , I mean you know re rewind that recording , I 'm sure it 'll there 'll be evidence on that on how many times I said Chapter eleven , question . |
| 15 | Are there any limits to how many times you can stand for councillor ? |
| 16 | I think they suggest the figure of-eight method as a hint at how many times you have to keep trying at your first attempt . |
| 17 | At yet other times he would say ‘ No ’ just as the child was reaching for the attractive toy . |
| 18 | By how few times he has lost his way ? |