Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] times " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right it is a hundred miles from King 's Lynn to London , the train takes two hours to do the journey the train does not go at a constant speed , it speeds up sometimes and slows down at other times it also stops at stations on the way and on once of course as it , as it 's stopping it 's going more and more slowly and as it 's er moving off again it starts slowly and starts to go quickly but because it takes two hours in all the train goes a hundred miles in two hours we say its average speed for the journey is fifty miles per hour . |
| 2 | Garlic is one of the most widely used aphrodisiacs around the world , with a pedigree that stretches back to ancient times . |
| 3 | The most important , perhaps , is freedom from the restrictive grasp of the ‘ all together now ’ class teaching system that goes back to Victorian times . |
| 4 | Its history goes back to Saxon times , and it contains several interesting historical buildings , and a peaceful marina , from which you can take a river cruise . |
| 5 | Goes back to Homeric times . ’ |
| 6 | Its past activities included smuggling , lace-making and quarrying ; the latter dates back to Roman times . |
| 7 | The lower half of the tower dates back to Saxon times . |
| 8 | A timer can be fitted to an immersion heater so that it comes on at specified times of the day . |