Example sentences of "[pron] have be [adj] times " in BNC.
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| 1 | She now bent forward towards him and said under her breath , ‘ I 've been married five years , Charles , and I 've been five times pregnant . |
| 2 | She was the daughter of a respected and well-to-do burgess of Lynne ( as King 's Lynn was then called ) who had been five times Mayor , and Alderman of the High Guild of the Trinity . |
| 3 | I do n't think she 's been five times to my house in all the time I 've lived there , now in the early days er she said that when it , hang on , she said she 'd never come down cos she did n't like er |
| 4 | But there had been strange times since then , and they 'd put Gentle in an apter mood for this study . |
| 5 | But there have been grander times when dozens of guests from the Royal Family down would dine from their silver service . |
| 6 | There have been many times in history when Christianity has faced extreme difficulty . |
| 7 | There have been many times when I could n't write . |
| 8 | McGahern : ‘ There have been many times when I could n't write ’ |
| 9 | There have been several times when I was tempted to try and get in touch and apologise for my attack at the time of Simon 's death . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ And there have been several times when I was tempted to try and get in touch and tell you about Thomas , ’ Ashley said , in a pert rejoinder . |
| 11 | Good times , yes , they had been good times … |
| 12 | Oh , they had been happier times ! |
| 13 | Since then it has been many times re-invented and used for 3D picture postcards . |
| 14 | Since then it has been three times enlarged , in width , length and depth . |
| 15 | The lad next to me he 'd been three times ! |