Example sentences of "many times [prep] the past " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Seal Sands Lock , the place where she had come to be healed so many times in the past , offered her no comfort now . |
| 2 | ‘ Opinion polls may or may not turn out to be right at a later stage ’ ; ‘ Local authorities exceeded projected expenditure by quite a margin ’ ; ‘ When this campaign started some weeks ago ’ ; ‘ I concede the point , for I have stated it many times in the past . ’ |
| 3 | There was no other way out of the shed and quick moving had saved Nails many times in the past . |
| 4 | William Connors had briefed him many times in the past , yet Delaney even now , was unsure of just where Connors fitted into the scheme of things . |
| 5 | As has been pointed out many times in the past , sport is n't played on paper , it 's played on grass . |
| 6 | Louise , who had been her comfort , buffer and rescuer so many times in the past ; Louise , who had in so many ways been more of a mother to her than Nora ; Louise , who even now had lost none of her vigour and strength of personality . |
| 7 | He watched one of last year 's American purchases Celestial Key storm home at his local Pontefract track yesterday and his trips have paid off many times in the past . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's just that you 've been close so many times in the past and the deal has fallen through . |
| 9 | In this article Peter Campbell , who has used mental health services many times in the past , explains how the reforms could affect people like him . |
| 10 | Luxembourg has changed hands many times in the past . |
| 11 | It was a song she 'd heard many times in the past , one that had stayed in the popular charts for months . |
| 12 | How many times in the past had he done that to her ? |
| 13 | Environmental archaeology provides evidence to demonstrate that the human environment has changed many times in the past , each change heralding periods of technological , economic and social change as human societies struggled to find new ways to gain a living from the world around them . |
| 14 | My wife and I have travelled P & O from Dover to Oostende and Dover to Zeebrugge many times in the past and we have always been issued with separate tickets . |
| 15 | I cross the park , as I crossed it so many times in the past , and regain the modest Edwardian streets beyond Maze Hill . |
| 16 | I wonder how many times in the past , when you 've been staying here , you 've gone to the trouble of escorting Kirsty to school ? ’ |
| 17 | He had performed here many times in the past and the passive role was hard to take . |