Example sentences of "been [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	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 .
10	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 :
11	After Hackman 's departure , Dustin felt even more insecure , remembering that he had himself been fired a few times for not satisfying the director .
12	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 .
13	‘ The cup 's been refilled a few times since then , ’ observes Len , ‘ and with some funny stuff . ’
14	I feel that this is a difficult poem to understand but when it has been read a few times the meaning becomes clear .

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