Example sentences of "a few time and " in BNC.
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1 | In fact , you can just get on and off them a few times and they never seem to register the same thing twice ! |
2 | He practised the phrase a few times and then stuffed the book back in the outside pocket of his jacket . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | I woke up a few times and got Mum out of bed all bleary-eyed and irritable in her nightie telling her a bogey-man was after me . |
5 | Most young people who try sniffing ( and remember , those who try sniffing are only a small minority ) will only do it a few times and stop without any help from adults . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | I have been preaching a few times and invitations are coming in , so it is good experience for me . |
8 | I 've seen him a few times and he 's never made a favourable impression on me ! |
9 | ‘ He needs to combine conciliation and compromise with a willingness to get mean a few times and draw lines against big business . |
10 | ‘ I 've spoken to him a few times and he 's the epitome of a true warrior . |
11 | He simply shook his head a few times and went on grinning . |
12 | Storms Morrissey , at No 23 in the charts with former band The Smiths ' This Charming Man : ‘ I 've met Vic Reeves a few times and I ca n't believe he 'd do something so hurtful . |
13 | You were right about him being mentioned in the Eye ; appeared a few times and I got the cuts up … ’ |
14 | " Oh I 've been 'ere a few times and I 've heard some bleedin' awful screams comin' out of that room . |
15 | He cleared his throat a few times and groaned like an aged dog in pain . |
16 | 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 . ’ |
17 | Every time he walked that 's him come back again and every time he stopped it stopped and this happened a few times and he was very scared and he thought he had better go and see what the noise was and anything well it was just a pet sheep tangled up in its tether . |
18 | I only saw him a few times and he seemed to wander around in no-man 's land half the time doing bugger all . |
19 | As it had been hired out for stage work a few times and was n't perfect the selling price was thirty-five pounds . |
20 | Same as sex , you got ta try that a few times and then find out if you like it ! |