Example sentences of "it several [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most people only have shingles once in a lifetime but it is possible to have it several times . |
| 2 | Flex your wrist up and down , and rotate it several times in both directions . |
| 3 | But I have recorded it several times : with Fournier , and Rostropovich . |
| 4 | I hit it several times but it had no effect . |
| 5 | The other man had difficulty starting the machine and had to put a long handle in the front and turn it several times before the engine roared into life startling the children again . |
| 6 | The clock chimed in the hall : it must have done it several times but I had n't heard . |
| 7 | Even when I did believe it we discussed it several times , but he would n't change his mind . |
| 8 | It is n't the string as I have changed it several times . |
| 9 | I ran over it several times in my head afterwards . |
| 10 | in areas supplied by river systems , such as the Thames Valley , water can be taken from the river , used and returned to it several times with the result that much of its initial quality has been lost . |
| 11 | I was very pleased with the finished result , but I must confess , after wearing it several times , a few of the cut floats have worked through to the front . |
| 12 | Now , like all my other gadgets , it is a real friend and I reach for it several times a week to help ease and speed up specific tasks . |
| 13 | I mean , we 've passed over it several times since we first heard the ticking and we 've triggered nothing . |
| 14 | He had also paid a substantial price for the pleasure , not merely of looking at the corpse of the idea of a centre party , but of stamping upon it several times over . |
| 15 | I think there must be because I 've seen it several times now and just in , in , you know |
| 16 | Research by London Weekend Television , however , has shown that light ITV viewers , who can be expected to see a given commercial very few times , are just as likely to recognize it as those who should have seen it several times . |
| 17 | I tried to talk to him about it several times , but he would walk out on me . |
| 18 | By the time she had done it several times , and copied out the postscript , and redone the drawing , it sounded false to her and she lost her nerve completely . |
| 19 | Erm then you gradually get used to it , and when you read it , you 've read it several times , it means something to you then . |
| 20 | He had said it several times before and we had stopped believing him . |
| 21 | She lifted her head and banged it several times on the floor . |
| 22 | The same effect can be obtained by filling the pool with water and emptying it several times over a period of two or three weeks . |
| 23 | I had noticed it several times since I left the Monogram Building . |
| 24 | You may need to run through it several times before you have a clear idea of the pitch . |
| 25 | Indeed he had changed it several times a day while the crucial events were occurring . |
| 26 | Dutifully she and Luke followed Anna and Sam through the house ; they discovered that they had both visited it several times in the past . |
| 27 | I heard him at it several times , pretending to joke his daughter , but in fact making her the butt of his mockery . |
| 28 | As the House knows , because I have said it several times in business questions , my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has said that the establishment of a Northern Ireland Select Committee is best taken forward in the context of the fresh political talks . |
| 29 | When he had the message , he read it several times . |
| 30 | If the Operator terminal is in use , the Offline System will try to access it several times in quick succession ; if it remains unavailable the Offline run will not take place and a message reporting the situation will be sent via the mail system to the Offline Manager . |