Example sentences of "the few times " in BNC.
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1 | ( One of the few times we missed out was with a 200lb sturgeon caught in the North Sea . |
2 | One day Tony gets up to watch and witnesses one of the few times when the sun travels across a blue , cloudless sky . |
3 | ‘ A mirror , ’ Reynard repeats , realising this is one of the few times in his life he 's been surprised . |
4 | It was one of the few times that the pulp glossy pop press produced journalism worth reading . |
5 | It was one of the few times he did n't get up and down from trouble , and that put us level . |
6 | One of the few times you will find big bream in waters which do not match up to the points I have mentioned is when they are the result of a recent stocking operation . |
7 | Although Walton the head coachman still drove her mother-in-law , the few times that Tamar had driven out , she had used their coach and pair from the days at Helmsley , with Goodison to drive her . |
8 | In fact , it was one of the few times I had seen him act in a civil way towards his stepmother . |
9 | She could look back on that time with a great deal of fondness ; it had been one of the few times in her life when she had been truly free — there had been no one , neither family , friends nor employer — to make demands on her . |
10 | It was a perfect day of hot sun with a light following wind , one of the few times that we were able to sunbathe . |
11 | Edward sat frozen , one of the few times in his life he had been genuinely frightened . |
12 | It was one of the few times in my life when I actually spoke the truth . |
13 | ‘ As I told you , I did n't go out much when I worked in London , but I 've got a silk dress which I wore on the few times I went to the opera . |
14 | And er we , one of the few times my dad came to Foundry Lane he I got a book , I think it were called Tiger Tim and , on the back they gave a model that you cut out with scissors and pu |
15 | Did , even with the few times my parents have gone away , I 've never held parties , I may of had a couple of mates round just to let them kip over or something , come back I 've never , ever held a party , I would n't , I respect them , well I mean I would n't respect them make , every er penny they earned in the last fifteen years gone into that house , they 've had one holiday in that time and erm , gorgeous house , no its a lovely house , full of nice stuff as well , I , I , I would n't dare have a party |
16 | and about fifteen of the erm eight , eight , five troop chasing after me , it was like our sister troop yeah , we were , there was three troops in our squadron , eight , eight , five , eight , eight , six and eighty , eighty , seven and then there was three squadrons and a regiments , there was nine troops there , so like , if it , basically it was your troop and nobody else , but then it was your squadron and , and anybody else and then the few times that I , on regiment it was your regiment and nobody else , like , we could touch you cos your our regiment but if you try and touch us , you can get fucking hell , but it nearly always come down to the troops , and the thing is eight , eight , six , only had , the first year that I was there we 'd only had about thirty people , fourth year there had I opposed like fifty , sixty and seventy , second year we were there we had about forty- five opposed to like sixty , seventy , eighty , and the third year there we had about fifty opposed like fucking seventy , eighty and ninety in a , in a troop , so we were always well out numbered and we were by far the most outrageous |