Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] times " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cat has relatively large eyes , and their design makes them eight times more sensitive than our own , giving it superb nocturnal vision . |
| 2 | ‘ If he had stabbed someone 17 times less than an hour before , which I do n't believe he did , he certainly showed not the slightest emotion . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 've had my tough times , too . |
| 4 | I nine times |
| 5 | I virtually neglected in my writing the feelings that belonged to my own nature and my own times of life — an irreparable loss , whether great or not . |
| 6 | I like to be able to arrange my own times a bit but that is n't always possible and you 've got to accommodate yourself as well to the needs of the staff . ’ |
| 7 | And I do n't really know my Two Times Table . |
| 8 | But I think I can say I had some of my happiest times in the army . |
| 9 | He 's abducted me six times and Nero had to send the lads to rescue me . |
| 10 | She was completely and obstinately happy through these their joyous times , these flying years of the " thirties . |
| 11 | 8 Draw your own graph , using the scale shown , for Mrs Simmon 's journey to the market and back , when one Saturday she changes her usual times and speeds . |
| 12 | As Sister Teresa turned to get some the men took out their guns and shot her eight times in from of the children . |
| 13 | Its old times are brilliantly rendered , and its appeal is in part generic . |
| 14 | The moment of asking was one of their few times of agreement and understanding . |
| 15 | Kathleen had warned her countless times in the past , but this time she had had enough . |
| 16 | Last year she saddled King of Chance for a well backed success , while in 1990 her Daring Times landed one of the most colourful gambles of the whole season . |
| 17 | Insurance companies have hit their hardest times yet . |
| 18 | He added that pubs and clubs should be allowed to stagger their closing times . |
| 19 | With its three times zoom range the FZ–3000 covers the vast majority of everyday shooting conditions . |
| 20 | ‘ But I have beaten her three times in a row , which proves the point . |
| 21 | I took her three times within the two hours spent in that passage . |
| 22 | He turned and lunged at her , stabbing her three times , the last thrust piercing her heart . |
| 23 | The girl had struck her three times on the right thigh , just where the once-broken bone was , and had taken care to stay out of the field of her optic burner . |
| 24 | I flew her three times straight off , and then returned her to the aviary . |
| 25 | At times , Michael coached her three times a day in an effort to get her to international standard . |
| 26 | He takes out his hunter 's knife , and stabs her three times . |
| 27 | After the first night , at the party he had danced with her three times , and ruffled her hair once . |
| 28 | When Mr Leckey asked whether the fact Moore telephoned her three times before the killings and once afterwards showed there was ‘ something special in the relationship ’ , she said she did not know why he called . |
| 29 | A YOUNG mother claimed yesterday that justice has been done after her former boyfriend was convicted of assaulting her three times in one night . |
| 30 | The woman , not named by police , was walking home in Stevenage , Herts , on Sunday night when a man wielding a large knife slashed her three times on the forehead , leaving one cut seven inches long . |