Example sentences of "[pron] have a [adj] times " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My father was a great reader , ’ I explained , as I have a million times . |
| 2 | She 'd a hundred times rather change last night 's husband on a daily basis , be reviled as a witch in the parliament of women , she 'd like to have dead babies in succession — she winced at this , ‘ Please , no ’ — but pressed on rather than be that nothing , that unbeing , that sump of ribaldry and pity and contempt , the woman-who-had-never-had-a man , the zitella , the old maid . |
| 3 | As Tom Sanders , reader in nutrition at King 's College , London , and nutritional director of the Family Heart Association , puts it : ‘ If your blood cholesterol level is above 6.5-7.5 , you have a three times higher risk of heart disease . |
| 4 | If your blood cholesterol level is above 6.5-7.5 , you have a three times higher risk of heart disease . |
| 5 | Whenever he thought of that first blind delicious sensation , as he had a hundred times that morning , he had to close his eyes . |