Example sentences of "have [vb pp] several time " in BNC.
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| 1 | One gifted person is the 37-year-old Irishman Finbarr Nolan who has featured several times in the Scot-tish press as a result of his ‘ clinics ’ in Ayrshire and Edinburgh . |
| 2 | As the Home Secretary has said several times , there is nothing illegal about that . |
| 3 | The Secretary of State has said several times today how proud he is of British Rail 's safety record — a pride which we all share — but that is surely no reason not to look again at the real doubts that have arisen in the past year about manning , the number of hours worked and the quality of some of the new systems of signalling that are being installed . |
| 4 | This personal stamp is partly created by the unique range of Burrows ’ influences — British folk dance from his training at the Royal Ballet School , ballet itself , and at the opposite extreme the minimal , unburnished style of Rosemary Butcher , with whom he has performed several times . |
| 5 | The next stage in the economic shock therapy will be freeing energy prices , which Mr Yeltsin has postponed several times for fear of a popular outcry . |
| 6 | The move , a cost-cutting measure Pick has employed several times in the past , halves the company to 30 or so , leaving Pick with its development core and about five salespeople . |
| 7 | The move , a cost-cutting measure Pick has employed several times in the past , halves the company to thirtysomething , leaving Pick with its development core and about five sales people . |
| 8 | But ex-Preston Grasshopper Hayton has plenty of big time experience for he formerly skippered England Colleges and has played several times in the first team . |
| 9 | Nolan , now married with two children , has tried several times to give up healing , but people wo n't let him . |
| 10 | However , Brenda 's contribution to the argument at lines 11 – 13 — which she has signalled several times with Standard " I always say , right " — involves a switch from London English to Creole . |
| 11 | In females , one of the X chromosomes is switched off early in development , but not before the fertilised egg has divided several times . |
| 12 | As that was a race in which Lotus , knowing that Fittipaldi was planning to leave , had given no team orders to Ronnie Peterson to be obliging to Fittipaldi , Ronnie won — as he could have done several times previously — and with Ronnie 's win , Fittipaldi was eliminated from the title race . |
| 13 | If Lithuania had scored , as they should have done several times in the second half , maybe that would have shaken the Irish from their slumber . |
| 14 | The perspective of the dream must have shifted several times , for I saw her once as if from above , moving through a kind of square , or crossing place , and then again from the fixed point of the dream where I stood watching her , left forefront . |
| 15 | Having stated several times that everything about the Moon is a variable , I 'm not about to comment on its form . |
| 16 | A German Ambassador once remarked to the author at a conference that he had referred several times to his constituents , ‘ whereas we in Germany believe in institutions ’ . |
| 17 | The couple , who divorced last June , had parted several times . |
| 18 | The Georgian military said the Su-25 had attacked several times during Saturday but had been away by anti-aircraft fire . |
| 19 | He was a seriouslooking Welshman whom I had met several times back in England and around the orchard . |
| 20 | All three ran back to the trough prepared to swim for it as the boys had done several times before . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | These doors were now firmly closed , but they had opened several times since Zen 's arrival , admitting a succession of visitors who had forced their way through the mass of bodies and expectant faces in the corridor outside , sweltering under television lights and waving microphones in front of anyone who appeared . |
| 23 | ‘ Brady and I lunched , and we 've talked several times . |
| 24 | He was another ‘ if only ’ character , who nevertheless had played several times in the Ryder Cup against the USA with distinction . |
| 25 | Christine Mills had called several times to say she wanted to see the chief inspector urgently because she had ‘ something very important ’ to tell her about the death of her father . |
| 26 | The doorbell had sounded several times while she was changing and , as she descended the stairs , a hum of voices was audible from the drawing-room . |
| 27 | Cattell had absconded several times from a previous home , mixing with older people , some of whom were allegedly involved in crime , drug abuse and prostitution . |
| 28 | She and Charity had spoken several times on the telephone , but both being so busy , no meeting could be arranged until today . |
| 29 | They had spoken several times on the telephone and he had rediscovered many things about her , things he had forgotten — her pleasant manners , her humour , her gentleness , and above all her dedication to her music . |
| 30 | Fletcher said he had spoken several times to Ramprakash this winter in an effort to help point the highly talented player in the right direction . |