Example sentences of "[noun sg] a few times [conj] " in BNC.

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1 it 's been uppermost in my mind a few times but the I daresay I would n't go to prison the first time .
2 They thump your chest a few times and call the old crash unit and then they grope around for your pulse , but it 's a very amateurish affair really . ’
3 He simply shook his head a few times and went on grinning .
4 Moran rattled the newspaper a few times but by the time he could look around the three children were locked back into their school books .
5 I remember the days of the old motorbike test , when you just rode around the block a few times while the examiner walked to various points and watched you .
6 She took the lift up to the sixth floor and came to the room one O nine , which was her room , as she entered she noticed cobwebs and dampness on the walls , she flung her bed , bags on the bed and went downstairs to supper , after her supper she went to report , she went to the reception desk to report the cobwebs and dampness , she rang the bell a few times but no one answered , she was just about to go back to her room when she heard Mr Sandy the receptionist in the back room talking to her assistant , I put the body in Miss Hall 's wardrobe , Jane ran upstairs and sure enough there was a body , Jane rang the police then straight away , please could you come to the Riverside Hotel , there 's something I think you should see , there was a knock at the door and Mr Sandy answered it , hello , oh hello we 've just had phone call from here , are you sure this is the right hotel ?
7 He practised the phrase a few times and then stuffed the book back in the outside pocket of his jacket .
8 He cleared his throat a few times and groaned like an aged dog in pain .
9 It meant driving up to the London Passport Office a few times and waiting around there for interminable periods , but I hoped that it was going to be worth it .
10 I 'm very upfront about being happily married — I 've brought Nick into the office a few times and I mention him in conversation whenever it 's appropriate .
11 Yeah he was more real I mean when you sort of just sit there she , she threw me off track a few times but er he was more realistic so therefore .
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