Example sentences of "been [verb] [det] times [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The amounts as well as qualifying ages have been altered several times since 1986/87 , so any rebate would only apply to allowances that would have been due to you at the time . |
| 2 | It has been said several times in this chapter that tone is carried by the tonic syllable , and it is now necessary to examine this statement more carefully . |
| 3 | He had received numerous death threats from Sendero Luminoso and from the Rodrigo Franco Commandos since being elected in 1986 and had escaped three assassination attempts , and his house had been bombed several times in 1989 . |
| 4 | The deportations have already been postponed several times under international pressure and Mr Hurd is the third Foreign Secretary to review a policy first outlined 15 months ago . |
| 5 | This function has been called many times under many conditions , and with a variety of subjects . |
| 6 | Their evidence for this judgement , as with those presented in most of their surveys , was loosely stated and difficult to verify , but the argument has been echoed many times in recent years in Britain by academics and policy-makers alike . |
| 7 | One of the many highlights is the view down Loch Shiel from Glenfinnan , a vista that has been reproduced many times on gaudy retouched 60s ' postcards , and on calendars handed out at Christmas by firms who manufacture ball-bearings . |
| 8 | Well another question — it 's been put several times on this programme — it 's something like this — Councillors have just been considering cuts in budgets that will affect the voters . |
| 9 | The fight we have witnessed between eagle and man has been fought many times in many places and will be fought again . |
| 10 | 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 : |
| 11 | This subject has been debated many times over many years and , after much deliberation , it was felt less confusing to say ‘ Basket Only ’ rather than stipulate a specific number of items [ at least for the majority of our stores ] as this tended to cause confrontations between some cashiers and customers as to the quantity of items in the basket . |