Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [vb pp] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't go back to work although I had tried several times and socializing was no fun at all . |
| 2 | I think if I had had more time to myself when I first retired I would n't have made that mistake and would have looked for interests nearer home . |
| 3 | Because I 've spent more time trying it . |
| 4 | As I had done several times on the journey , since I had n't entirely managed to put out of my mind the events of Uulaa and my suspicions . |
| 5 | As I 've said many times before , pressure is only a condition of the mind . |
| 6 | And I do n't mean I 'm bending them , but there were some , as I 've said many times , a lot of silly people refereeing in speedway , and thank goodness now , ninety nine per cent of them are being sensible and we 're seeing some good refereeing . |
| 7 | As I have emphasised three times , the previous Select Committee on Health and Social Services made a number of pleas to the Government not to get us into the position that we are in now . |
| 8 | If you have ever stood on a sheep farmer 's hillside , as I have done many times in the Western Highlands of Scotland , and listened to the sheep calling to ( communicating with ) each other , you will immediately notice how their intonations are all different , as indeed are their faces . |
| 9 | ‘ You are an artist , as I have said many times . |
| 10 | This is true for simple problems but , as I have said many times before , as soon as the problems become more complicated our mathematical knowledge turns out to be greatly deficient . |
| 11 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : I have been careful not to lay down specific periods for the bids to come in , because , as I have said many times , it may take longer for some management-employee buy-outs to be lodged than others . |
| 12 | I think basically , if you 've got good colour sense you 're home and dry as I have said many times , it does n't matter how you put it together , but if the colours are superb , it 's going to look good . |
| 13 | I vowed then , as I have vowed many times before and since , that I would never again make myself so vulnerable to the team , that I would get them off my back and out of my life if it was the last thing I did . |
| 14 | ‘ For I have gone many times to the Cavern of Cruachan . |