Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] a [adj] times " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have asked myself this question a thousand times , a hundred thousand times . |
| 2 | He had heard this request a thousand times . |
| 3 | ‘ But I do n't want to be sharing my life with anyone , gorgeous hunk or not , ’ Shannon had pointed out mildly , managing with an effort not to remind Kelly they 'd been over this ground a hundred times before . |
| 4 | By closing this door a million times to your fears , you will gain the strength to create newness in your life . |
| 5 | Zen had watched this cycle a dozen times or more when he felt a touch on his shoulder and turned to find Gilberto grinning up at him . |
| 6 | I had come this way a hundred times , always varying my route so as to avoid making more of a track than a rabbit might do . |
| 7 | ‘ Do you think I have n't been over every inch of that argument a million times ? |
| 8 | It is not advisable to indulge in elegant variation ; repetition of the same word a dozen times to convey the same meaning in the same paragraph is better than risking ambiguity . |
| 9 | I can also , if I erm come across the same problem a few times I could hopefully work on that and then probably eradicate altogether . |