Example sentences of "has [been] [verb] several time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Infanticide by males which have just taken over a harem is probably common in nature in many species : it has been observed several times in the Hanuman langur ( Presbytis entellus , a species of primate ) and has been anecdotally recorded in many other mammals . |
| 2 | The latter has a chequered history and has been altered several times within its life in Poland . |
| 3 | The village is well known for its flowers , and has been rewarded several times with a place in the Britain in Bloom Competition . |
| 4 | The Park Off-Licence in Faringdon Road in Swindon has been raided several times in the past few months . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A security guard has been shot several times during a bungled armed robbery attempt outside a bank.The guard was shot in the leg by two men just after he arrived in a security van , but it seems the raiders escaped empty handed . |
| 7 | With her was New York estate agent Jeffrey Epstein , who has been seen several times with Ghislaine . |
| 8 | She has been seen several times over the years . |
| 9 | In the litter tray they do the same thing , but if it has been used several times without being properly cleaned out this becomes impossible and the cat will then prefer to defecate elsewhere , even if it has to go through the motions of covering its dung with imaginary earth after it has deposited it on a wooden floor or a carpet . |
| 10 | Apart from being broadcast on Belgian television , this interview has been shown several times to the mainly student audience of the association , but the text has never been published . |
| 11 | It was an unfortunate British debut for Thompson , who has been overlooked several times by coach , Dennis Hay . |