Example sentences of "time [verb] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence the possibility of saying , when neither speaker nor addressee is at home : ( 83 ) I came over several times to visit you , but you were never there So we must append another clause to our gloss , namely : " or motion towards the home-base maintained at CT by either speaker or addressee " . |
| 2 | Through trial and error you need to establish what times suit you best and then keep to them . |
| 3 | And how painful it 's been at times to love you . |
| 4 | how many times did you try ? |
| 5 | ‘ How many times did you ask her for money ? ’ |
| 6 | How many times did you tell me I ought to see her ? ’ |
| 7 | At what times do you eat ? |
| 8 | ‘ The blade may be keener , the guitars may be sharper , the lyrics may be clearer , but how many times do you have to polish a knife before its cutting edge disappears altogether ? ’ he asked . |
| 9 | ‘ How many times do you punish a man for speaking the truth ? |
| 10 | ‘ What times do you want it set for ? ’ |
| 11 | How many times do you think they 've heard that one ? |
| 12 | So how many ti times do you take it ? |
| 13 | I get embarrassed when I 'm putting out there because so many people keep asking me how long and how many more times do you have to keep saying we 're waiting for the lorry to turn up . |
| 14 | I 've been round a couple times thank you been up there ages ! |
| 15 | How many times have you heard people say that the greatest gift in the world is good health ? |
| 16 | How many times have you bought something that has let you down ( and not complained ) or worn a garment for just one season simply because it was the latest gimmick ? |
| 17 | How many times have you reached the top of a ladder , only to find that you 've forgotten to bring the power drill up with you ? |
| 18 | How many times have you been walking with someone who does that all the time , regardless of climatic considerations , and wanted to deliver a rabbit punch to the back of their neck when they stop for the tenth time that day and begin the ponderous unclipping of their rucksack ? |
| 19 | How many times have you faced the glares of your fellow shoppers in supermarkets as you struggle to pack your bags with one hand and write a cheque with the other , or fumble around for cash to pay for your goods . |
| 20 | How many times have you read or heard someone say ‘ Listen within , listen to your conscience , to that still inner voice that will give you direction on how to live your life and how to overcome its hurdles ’ ? |
| 21 | How many times have you flicked through the TV channels to find nothing worth watching ? |
| 22 | However , how many times have you seen your ball deviate off course at the last moment due to someone not repairing their pitch mark ? |
| 23 | How many times have you switched on BBC2 on the weekend of a Major to hear Steve Ryder say , ‘ You join us here at Crooked Stick where American Brad Faxon leads the field ’ or ‘ And the surprise leader is the American ex-college champion Ted Schulz ’ ? |
| 24 | How many times have you read an interview with a musician where he or she says , ‘ Yeah , that was my favourite guitar , but it got stolen , and I never found another like it ’ ? |
| 25 | I know it 's a small point , but how many times have you tried to access the truss rod on a guitar , only to find that the screws are located immediately under the strings and that inserting a screwdriver is nigh on impossible without de-tuning ? |
| 26 | How many times were you told to hurry up , and how many times have you said ‘ hurry up ’ to your children ? |
| 27 | ‘ How many times have you done it ? ’ |
| 28 | Now how many times have you heard that ? |
| 29 | How many times have you sat down at your machine and thought ‘ I do n't think I can cope with this ’ and within the next five minutes all the knitting has been on the floor ? |
| 30 | ‘ How many times have you been over here ? ’ |