Example sentences of "be [vb pp] a [adj] times " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I had no idea that by doing ‘ I left no ring with her ’ by Viola I was doing something that must have been heard a hundred times that day — I had no idea . |
| 2 | The judge said he 'd already been punished a thousand times . |
| 3 | You 'll soon get the hang of it — once you 've been caught a few times you 'll suss out the attack patterns — but until you do , frustration is high . |
| 4 | However , once printed text has been photocopied a few times , or faxed , or degraded in some other way , the characters can become similarly indistinct . |
| 5 | It must have been said a thousand times in angling literature that location is the key to success and in zander fishing this was never more so . |
| 6 | But Beatrice complained sadly that she had nothing to wear that had n't been seen a hundred times . |
| 7 | It 's been used a thousand times already , as I gather the bed makes clear . |
| 8 | She assured us they had only been worn a few times . |
| 9 | ‘ Their deaths shall be avenged a thousand times ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ We did say we 'd limit him to thirty mares as he 's been so busy competing , but somehow we managed to allow our arms to be twisted a few times . |
| 11 | The parasites will be blasted a hundred times for the indignities they have inflicted on us ! ’ |
| 12 | A tale , which could and probably will be repeated a thousand times , of the fate of a work of art shaken loose from its context by the tempest of World War II |
| 13 | But in many cases of recording factual information , opinions , attitudes and even physical characteristics ( such as domestic facilities within a house ) , work done by the schedule designer before the questions are asked , or the observations made , can be repaid a dozen times over by the ease with which subsequent analysis can then be carried out . |
| 14 | I have been asked a thousand times for the deep cultural explanation of all sorts of profound differences between ‘ us and them ’ in the last few months . |
| 15 | Apparently , up until quite recently all Warwick basses were made with aluminium truss rods which obviously are not as strong as steel ones and are liable to break after being adjusted a few times . |
| 16 | ( The various P-40 models were renamed a few times — the ‘ A , ‘ B and ‘ Cs were called the Tomahawk ; the ‘ D , ‘ E , ‘ F and ‘ Ks were known as the ‘ Kittyhawk ’ ; and the ‘ L , ‘ M and ‘ Ns were christened Warhawk ) . |
| 17 | That that used to be mentioned between us er er a few times , I can remember it being mentioned a few times . |
| 18 | On going into the line for the first time , Jubert 's colonel gave the officers of his regiment instructions that must have been repeated a thousand times at Verdun : |
| 19 | After Hackman 's departure , Dustin felt even more insecure , remembering that he had himself been fired a few times for not satisfying the director . |
| 20 | Well , erm I I have been accosted a few times to do a few things , you know erm like I say , prostitution , they think probably because you 're on your own , everybody else , because one , say one person in the block is one , then you are one as well , you know . |
| 21 | ‘ A bad argument remains a bad argument even if it is repeated a thousand times . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ The cup 's been refilled a few times since then , ’ observes Len , ‘ and with some funny stuff . ’ |
| 23 | I feel that this is a difficult poem to understand but when it has been read a few times the meaning becomes clear . |
| 24 | the county keeper was shaken a few times but not often stirred |
| 25 | The nights grew colder , but in the early morning the rising sun was caught a thousand times in the droplets of moisture that formed in the webs that spiders wove across the bars of Creggan 's cage . |
| 26 | He had taught the bird to pronounce the name of his lost love , and this name was repeated a hundred times a day . |