Example sentences of "his [noun sg] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would stand in front of the bathroom mirror in his boxer shorts and expand his chest a few times , breathing deeply . |
| 2 | Patrick had seen the chance to ask a question that had been on his mind a long time . |
| 3 | Doone clicked his pen a few times , then at the bottom wrote Lewis Everard . |
| 4 | He was just 76 votes short of the quota in the Oldpark Ward on the first count , but won his place a short time later . |
| 5 | He was downstairs before she could call his name a second time . |
| 6 | Then Rob Thomas spoke his name a third time and he was back in the world . |
| 7 | Hawkins shook his head a second time and went out to start the day 's work . |
| 8 | Sonny shook his head a few times , trying to clear his fuddled senses . |
| 9 | He simply shook his head a few times and went on grinning . |
| 10 | On the last count alone , Jerry Lee Lewis has justified his status a hundred times over in the past few days . |
| 11 | He must have started writing his book a long time ago . |
| 12 | Howard waved his hand a third time before speaking his mind . |
| 13 | He could ransack his brain a dozen times , he realized , and still he would be unable to explain it . |
| 14 | Alas , we must all go along with the charade which will take months , cost millions and produce enough his balloon a dozen times . ' |
| 15 | Shall we — ‘ But James had mentally worded his speech a dozen times and would not be forestalled . |
| 16 | He cleared his throat a few times and groaned like an aged dog in pain . |