Example sentences of "had [verb] [art] [num] time " in BNC.

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1 And the singing of birds I had heard a thousand times , thrushes , blackbirds in our London garden , I heard as if I had never heard them before .
2 Nicola had phoned a dozen times , without luck .
3 It was a movement I had seen a hundred times on television , but never before in real life .
4 He watched the young man 's face , now set in the sort of bored , practised , professional expression Grout had seen a hundred times before .
5 ‘ I was looking at him like I had done a million times and suddenly I saw his shoulder twitch slightly , ’ she said .
6 It was an exchange they had had a hundred times during childhood at the end of some day 's adventure in remote fields .
7 I had forgotten my way and had to look all round me slowly until I recognized the street which I had used a hundred times before .
8 Lance Percival was in the audience the night that Ken descended on the stage from a rope , curled up his lips , flared his nostrils and in the snide voice he had used a hundred times in the Hancock shows slipped in a ‘ Hello ’ that had the Williams fans rolling .
9 The door opened quietly ; and stepping into the kitchen , as he had stepped a thousand times before , came Jake .
10 It was a landmark I had passed a thousand times and yet had never properly explored .
11 It was a book he had read a dozen times in his life ; each time with greater understanding and a growing satisfaction .
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