Example sentences of "do it a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've done it a hundred times before . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Well , you should have done it a long time ago ; you need a rest . ’ |
| 3 | You 've done it a thousand times already , but you do it again , just for something to do . |
| 4 | Listening , as you become more comfortable and you become , you 've done it a few times you know what you 're gon na have to say and then you , you er , you listen more carefully to the answers . |
| 5 | That 's right I know , but see this is , you see this is the point I 'm trying to make to you , you can quite happily do it in your own way , but the problem is you do n't know what you 're doing , right , and , and if you actually knew what you were doing and well aware of what you 're doing you would do it a hundred times better and you would do it all the time , right |
| 6 | Most young people who try sniffing ( and remember , those who try sniffing are only a small minority ) will only do it a few times and stop without any help from adults . |
| 7 | And he 's got ta do it a few times , so then the cost becomes and , and you like let's be fair , we 've had summers where it 's the weeds er the weeds have n't grown , but you get a wet summer and the weather warms and the wet and the weeds go peooow up like that . |
| 8 | By shutting this door to exclude fear , even if you have to do it a million times , you are making the statement that you decide not to let that thought feed on your life 's energy . |
| 9 | She would have liked to do it a further time , after luncheon , but Alexandra was adamant . |
| 10 | and , and play he said , and then try it for a , but he said you 've got to do it a few times |
| 11 | It is a frightening experience , and I have never heard of anyone doing it a second time . |
| 12 | Dave said , ‘ The most frightening part of the jump was climbing out of the plane and having to crawl along the wing before jumping , but I look forward to doing it a second time just for fun ! ’ |
| 13 | Because I started doing it a long time ago |
| 14 | When he did it a second time , I put the light out . |
| 15 | You did it a long time before anybody else . |