Example sentences of "time in [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arsonists strike three times in 11 days |
| 2 | Nevertheless he made a few feints out of sheer exuberance , suggested a turn with his hips , moved at right-angles to his forward path with no loss of speed , changed step three times in successive strides , kicking hard on the last change and accelerating away in the joy of being able to run for ever . |
| 3 | Macclesfield , inaugural winners of the competition in 1970 , lie below halfway in the Conference , having found the net only 35 times in 34 games . |
| 4 | Barcelona looked safe at 2-0 up after 31 minutes but the Russians scored three times in 16 minutes to steal the tie . |
| 5 | It may be thought the height of irony that Rangers ' goalkeeper should demand this much attention at a club so dominant Goram has known domestic defeat only six times in 18 months since going to Ibrox from Easter Road for £1 million . |
| 6 | The problems connected with these are inseparable , because of the variety of local conditions , which led to them taking place at different times in various parts of the kingdom . |
| 7 | The process of management and the functions of management have been analysed many times in various ways by different writers , who have taken the view that : |
| 8 | Only two matches were played and the Swedish second seed was all at sea in the 32-minute opening set , losing his service three times in five attempts . |
| 9 | It moved premises five times in five decades to keep abreast of space requirements . |
| 10 | Who knows , Charles and Di might still be together had they followed the path of love the Nescafe way : see each other only 11 times in five years , never take your clothes off during sex , and make sure your tongue spends more time in a cup of coffee than in your partner 's mouth . |
| 11 | We have , in Prestatyn , a facility which is very central and well used , despite the fact that the signs advertising it have been changed three times in five years . ’ |
| 12 | The paper claimed Johnson had been tested three times in six days in mid-January , and that at least one of the tests was positive for abnormally high testosterone levels . |
| 13 | The man , arrested after the woman called police , admitted entering her Tokyo flat several times in six months using a stolen key . |
| 14 | and he will be in the stands for five matches , including the London derbies with Chelsea and Crystal Palace.Kinnear , guilty of swearing at officials three times in nine months , said : ‘ I must learn to bite my lip . |
| 15 | Another dealt a vicar 130 times in nine months , reducing a £30,000 portfolio to around £8000 . |
| 16 | This centre for people with special needs has been broken into four times in nine days . |
| 17 | I suspect that this ‘ split ’ happens at times in all women , and perhaps particularly in those who have some commitment to feminism . |
| 18 | The Rangers striker has spent two weeks on the sidelines with a calf strain after scoring 32 times in all competitions this season . |
| 19 | Well , I went round and talked to group , but I think there 's a lot of er , about keeping everything fine and up to date at all times in all places and all the rest . |
| 20 | Apart from the holiday in Italy , they had not spent a whole night together more than half a dozen times in two years , and never at her home ; always when they could find excuses for them both to be in other cities . |
| 21 | Nicky 's parents found him impossible to look after : he was always picking fights , especially with smaller children ; he had a fight with his teacher at school and ran away from home five times in two years . |
| 22 | Dick , weighing in at 16lb , is recorded as being caught 27 times in two years . |
| 23 | She had thrush 30 times in two years and experienced severe mood swings and bouts of anger . |
| 24 | This centre for the elderly has been broken into four times in two years . |
| 25 | Should it be as many as seven times and Jesus had replied both no , no you should be able to forgive forgive them seven times , it should be seventy times in other words stop thinking about counting and just get on with the forgiving . |
| 26 | I think she has a fair point , even if there were better times in this home and altogether better times in other homes . |
| 27 | At other times in other places demographic increase has led to falling living standards , even to the extent of pushing large numbers of the population to the margin of subsistence . |
| 28 | UV can penetrate glass , cloud , water and even fine fabrics ( likely hosiery ) so wear a sunscreen at all times in hot climates . |
| 29 | The lysate was mixed with glutathione agarose beads at room temperature for 40 minutes , unbound proteins removed and washed three times in 10 mls lysis buffer . |
| 30 | However , Ferguson , despite some disappointment at Hughes ' goal ratio — he struck only 14 times in 52 appearances last season — is prepared to wait for the Welshman 's response . |