Example sentences of "times [adv] [conj] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jack had been to tea at Tina 's house several times already and he rather liked the estate 's atmosphere , which was friendly and rackety , despite the fact that most of the inhabitants were out of work . |
| 2 | So here we are seeing exactly how the objects would look if our eyes were sensitive to wavelengths about five times longer than they actually detect . |
| 3 | The former Spurs full-back , whose Wimbledon team were among the originators of the direct approach , complained : ‘ Leeds hoofed the ball about 50 times further than we ever did and relied on John Lukic knocking it on to Lee Chapman 's head for about 70 per cent of their attacks . ’ |
| 4 | Craig : You 've said that three times now but you still have n't told me what it is . |
| 5 | I mean , I 've detoxed six times now and I never have any problems coming off smack . |
| 6 | I said it will be nice company and so she said er , you sit near the window , I 've seen it lots of times before as I only live in Manchester so she t well the two of us went together . |
| 7 | There were times when she did n't mind Star 's anger , times even when she deliberately provoked it , waiting with half-shameful excitement for the extra-ordinary outburst of bitterness and despair of which she herself was less a victim than a privileged spectator , relishing even more the inevitable remorse and self-incrimination , the sweetness of reconciliation . |