Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] several " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andrew read me several . |
| 2 | He invited me several times to supper at his parents ' house . |
| 3 | She said : ‘ Mia found them several months ago . |
| 4 | His mother phoned him several times and Jack had a disturbed night 's sleep . |
| 5 | In the morning , everything was just as it always was when Mother went away ; much pleasanter , with nobody quarrelling even in that dreadful quiet way of just looking and going out of rooms when other people came into them , and Gran told them several good long stories in the evening . |
| 6 | ‘ I told them several times I had met him only briefly . |
| 7 | And everything he did , as he told me several times in his Tel Aviv office , was strictly according to the law . |
| 8 | But in a reply that summed up Ally McLeod 's capacity for humorous catastrophe the manager responded by saying , ‘ I told him several of our players smoke and it would be untruthful to back an anti-smoking campaign . ’ |
| 9 | She lifted her head and banged it several times on the floor . |
| 10 | The Phoenix Dance Company instructors told us several times that our movements were very good and at one time described them as ‘ nice . ’ |
| 11 | The Phoenix Dance Company instructors told us several times that our movements were very good and at one time described them as ‘ nice . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ He promises the world to get you into the mood , ’ said a Kensington socialite who dated him several times . |
| 13 | Roebuck said that coach Bob Dwyer taught him several new attacking options and running angles in 1991 which he aims to perfect in 1992 when the Wallabies host Scotland and the All Blacks before touring Ireland and Wales towards the end of the year . |
| 14 | Their nerve was a match for his ; they had most of them served him several years , for his men did not leave him . |
| 15 | I hit it several times but it had no effect . |
| 16 | ‘ I met him several times at balls and routs , and I found him very entertaining . |
| 17 | Steve Savage of Grafton met him several times after Frankfurt . |
| 18 | " He asked me to met him several times a year , I tried to advise him , to tell him how I saw things in the world . " |
| 19 | He told Mr. Frost about Beckett 's law and Mr. Frost asked him several times whether the level of taxation that would then result — |
| 20 | He wrapped me in a warm coat and placing me in the car took me several miles over the moor . |
| 21 | Their work was hampered when a large boulder blocking their way was moved , resulting in a further fall of shale which took them several hours to remove . |
| 22 | It took them several years to prepare the area . |
| 23 | He pulled her to the ground and indecently assaulted her but abandoned the attack after the woman screamed and bit him several times on one hand . |
| 24 | Apple Computer Inc chief John Sculley reckons it is essential for the head of a computer company to have a clear grasp of technological directions and acknowledged that it took him several years before he felt confident to take strategic decisions . |
| 25 | It took him several long moments to work out where ground was , where sky was , and where he was . |
| 26 | It took him several minutes before he could talk . |
| 27 | Mr Edgar refused at first , and Linton sent him several more letters . |
| 28 | ‘ I saw him several times a day and he asked about my baby 's father . |
| 29 | Towards the end of spring , he saw him earlier than usual , and he saw him several times standing close beside the crossing gates on the up side , his face almost pressing between the bars . |
| 30 | Designing experiments to check these possibilities is n't easy , and it took us several years , through the early 1970s , to try to eliminate one after the other . |