Example sentences of "[vb pp] it [art] [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 You 've done it a hundred times before . ’
2 You 've done it a thousand times already , but you do it again , just for something to do .
3 Except to myself , I 've said it a hundred times to myself . "
4 He had said it a hundred times over the past blissful hour together , and each time the sound of it had been even sweeter .
5 Only after that , and with a few facts from your GP , plus half a page on your stresses during the last five years — I had to overflow onto the back of my page and with a little encouragement could easily have made it a 100,000 words — can you go through the eye of the needle .
6 I did n't think it was bad for off the cuff , but he 'd probably used it a zillion times before .
7 I have imagined it a thousand times and it was not like this .
8 They squealed with delight as though they had n't heard it a hundred times before .
9 He looks around for a moment , pleased as punch , then realizes that his fellow group members have all heard it a dozen times before .
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