Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He invited me several times to supper at his parents ' house . |
| 2 | ( It is frequently used : Chirac used it 22 times in 1987 ; it was used 43 times between 1986 and 1988 . ) |
| 3 | And everything he did , as he told me several times in his Tel Aviv office , was strictly according to the law . |
| 4 | I told you twenty times about that ! |
| 5 | She lifted her head and banged it several times on the floor . |
| 6 | Then , picking up the poker from the hearth , she banged it three times against the back of the fireplace . |
| 7 | I practised it enough times in the car coming here , ’ Whitlock replied with a grin . |
| 8 | They stabbed and slashed him 45 times with hunting knives . |
| 9 | Ev well I do n't know about this year mind but every Christmas I worked there she never paid us double time for anything over Christmas , she was always bought us a present . |
| 10 | Regis and Gary Bannister were both denied at close range before MacDonald spared us extra time with a rising 25-yarder which found the top left corner of Steve Sherwood 's net . |
| 11 | Took up some good positions , had one half chance which the keeper did well to hold , and then chased after a long ball , outrun 2 defenders , hit it first time from 25 yards or so — straight into the bottom right corner , well the keeper got a slight touch which lifted it a bit higher but you get the idea . |
| 12 | Er U P S er called us one time on some hand grenades hulls er the kind that you would use sat on your desk for a paperweight . |
| 13 | ‘ I met him several times at balls and routs , and I found him very entertaining . |
| 14 | Steve Savage of Grafton met him several times after Frankfurt . |
| 15 | He pulled her to the ground and indecently assaulted her but abandoned the attack after the woman screamed and bit him several times on one hand . |
| 16 | Opposition Sajudis members objected , without effect , to the timing of the election on the grounds that it gave them inadequate time for preparation . |
| 17 | A coach back to the team 's hotel gave him enough time for a shower and snack lunch before going back to work — more throw downs , a second net against the quicks , and a burst of fielding practice before dusk set in . |
| 18 | During that time we won it 3 times despite being in the second division for half that time . |
| 19 | I played off seven at my best — politics left me little time for practice , but lack of concentration was the real problem . |
| 20 | And it was Rosemary who finished up in casualty after Carssier kicked her three times in the stomach ! |
| 21 | He was walking along a quiet street when gunmen shot him several times in the head . |
| 22 | I missed him some time during the night . |
| 23 | What is equally undeniable is Die Auferstehung 's status as a masterwork ( Mozart conducted it three times in 1788 , expressing no small amount of enthusiasm ) , and this recording 's fine presentation of the piece , worthy to stand beside Hermann Max 's [ see my review of JS Bach 's Magnificat below — Ed. ] splendid Capriccio recording ( coupled with . |