Example sentences of "[vb pp] a few times [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | There was no tension in him : when he was tense there was a rigidity in his neck muscles , a rigidity I 'd watched from the depths of the crowd during the brief day of his trial and seen a few times since , as at Nottingham . |
2 | The Lake District , which she had visited a few times before her marriage and toured with friends , seemed a golden and available corner of gentility . |
3 | Just put Webby on the right-hand side of midfield and put little Gary Crosby up the middle where he 's played a few times for Forest . |
4 | Nick had tried to get his US Tour card that year and we 'd played a few times in America . |
5 | Still at school but has already played a few times in midfield for youth team . |
6 | The resulting explosion had the dead and stunned fish floating on the surface of the water , a procedure I had practised a few times in the Highlands , lobbing a grenade into a salmon pool , a dangerous procedure if caught by someone in authority . |
7 | After Hackman 's departure , Dustin felt even more insecure , remembering that he had himself been fired a few times for not satisfying the director . |
8 | ‘ The cup 's been refilled a few times since then , ’ observes Len , ‘ and with some funny stuff . ’ |