Example sentences of "number [prep] time he " in BNC.
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1 | The only sign he ever gave that anything was amiss in his family was the number of times he got out his thumbnail-sized pipe for the comfort of the single puff it gave him . |
2 | I remember wickedly making a note at one assembly of the number of times he spoke and believe it or not the total was sixty seven . |
3 | ‘ Counting the number of times he says ‘ Caroline this ’ , or ‘ Caroline that ’ … ’ |
4 | Quiss had found himself there first , and after a little while , when he realised that there was no night and day , just the one flat , monotone light always there beyond the windows , he had started to keep a tally of the number of times he slept . |
5 | However , they felt it would be in his best interests to send him there , because of the number of times he has run away from council care . |
6 | However , they felt it would be in his best interests to send him there , because of the number of times he has run away from council care . |
7 | And then has a glass , I mean , the number of times he , I mean I think he 's the only one who drinks milk by the glassful ! |