Example sentences of "[num] of the few times " in BNC.

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1 ( One of the few times we missed out was with a 200lb sturgeon caught in the North Sea .
2 One day Tony gets up to watch and witnesses one of the few times when the sun travels across a blue , cloudless sky .
3 ‘ A mirror , ’ Reynard repeats , realising this is one of the few times in his life he 's been surprised .
4 It was one of the few times that the pulp glossy pop press produced journalism worth reading .
5 It was one of the few times he did n't get up and down from trouble , and that put us level .
6 One of the few times you will find big bream in waters which do not match up to the points I have mentioned is when they are the result of a recent stocking operation .
7 In fact , it was one of the few times I had seen him act in a civil way towards his stepmother .
8 She could look back on that time with a great deal of fondness ; it had been one of the few times in her life when she had been truly free — there had been no one , neither family , friends nor employer — to make demands on her .
9 It was a perfect day of hot sun with a light following wind , one of the few times that we were able to sunbathe .
10 Edward sat frozen , one of the few times in his life he had been genuinely frightened .
11 It was one of the few times in my life when I actually spoke the truth .
12 And er we , one of the few times my dad came to Foundry Lane he I got a book , I think it were called Tiger Tim and , on the back they gave a model that you cut out with scissors and pu
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