Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv prt] [prep] [num] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | A JILTED woman who rang her ex-boyfriend up to 36 times a day has been cleared of phone pest charges because she was in love . |
| 2 | Like , if he gets two you lose all of it but if he rolls a twelve you get your hundred pound back plus ten times that amount . |
| 3 | * Radioactivity up to 30,000 times above normal levels has been found in Bogdanovka , a health resort in central Russia . |
| 4 | The steel blades are protected by a Mylar coating for wear resistance , giving protection up to 10 times longer than the blade 's normal life . |
| 5 | On the basis of studies carried out in the UK , Europe and the US , the report concludes that car drivers are regularly exposed to levels of pollution up to 18 times higher than cyclists . |
| 6 | Why then is the rate of circumcision up to six times greater than the incidence of preputial pathology ? |
| 7 | Currently , extensive areas of Europe and eastern North America are experiencing average pH values of less than 4.5 and even less than 4.0 This represents precipitation acidity up to 30–40 times that which would be expected from an unpolluted atmosphere ( figure 4.3 ) . |
| 8 | The retina contains only nine light detectors , but by scanning the image up to ten times each second it is able to build up some kind of picture . |
| 9 | If the wind blows hard or an insect travelling at speed flies into the web , the bundles of thread in the glue globules unwind so that the filament can extend its length up to four times and still does not break . |
| 10 | But ringing has shown that the same birds return year after year to patrol the same wintering areas , the oldest birds having done the round trip up to 30 times . |
| 11 | A CRANK caller phoned her next-door neighbour up to 10 times a day — and never said a word . |
| 12 | Her father has to sleep in the same room since he has to attend to her during the night when she may need a bed pan up to four times . |
| 13 | ‘ I telephoned the Blackpool office up to five times a day and never talked to the same person twice . |