Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [art] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nick had tried to get his US Tour card that year and we 'd played a few times in America . |
| 2 | There was a game they 'd played a few times when Edith was out of the house , a rough-and-tumble sort of thing , perfectly harmless . |
| 3 | The Lake District , which she had visited a few times before her marriage and toured with friends , seemed a golden and available corner of gentility . |
| 4 | Mary had spent a little time in close conversation with him and even stroked his cheek at one stage . |
| 5 | His re-creation — like the creating of Adam on the first day — had taken a little time . |
| 6 | The resulting explosion had the dead and stunned fish floating on the surface of the water , a procedure I had practised a few times in the Highlands , lobbing a grenade into a salmon pool , a dangerous procedure if caught by someone in authority . |