Example sentences of "i [verb] [det] times " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked several times but eventually was just caught up in the crowds . ’ |
| 2 | I mean several times I 've bought things from them , there 's stately homes , they do the same thing , do n't they ? |
| 3 | I tried many times , but I could not do it . |
| 4 | I tried several times but the same thing happened . |
| 5 | A further advantage of using ( as I mentioned several times before ) is that we get rid of the vectorial nature of the problem . |
| 6 | I remember those times and shudder . |
| 7 | But I remember those times with my father as being very traumatic . ’ |
| 8 | Indeed , I heard several times his lordship express the view that without the participation of such a personage , any discussion on the topic of Germany would be little more than an indulgence . |
| 9 | I called several times and spoke to his wife . |
| 10 | Wha yes I did several times but I did n't carry on with them no . |
| 11 | My guns were inspected and a statement was taken from all the crew and I was released , as I said many times later , " without prejudice " , but darkly adding " subject to re-arrest " . |
| 12 | Another dream that I had several times was that I would sacrifice my life to save others . |
| 13 | I got several black eyes during the rows and eventually I left — I left several times and always went back . |
| 14 | Stooping down and keeping a very sharp lookout from under my hat , I coughed several times , splashed the water about , and then , moving very slowly and gathering dry sticks on the way ( as the local Indians might do ) , I went to the foot of the steep rock . |
| 15 | I have many times entered into the place that is called , and rightly , the Gateway to Hell . |
| 16 | I freely admit that I have many times adopted Jim Oakley 's precept of a " bloody good gallop " , often with spectacular results . |
| 17 | I HAVE several times told the story of the lady who came up to me at the end of one of my lectures on the relationship between science and music and said , ‘ It 's all very well doing all these scientific tests on musical instruments but can you explain the tingle in the spine that some music produces ? ’ |
| 18 | A note for teetotallers : I have several times eaten another modern version of this dish in which black coffee rather than wine is used for flavouring the dried fruit . |
| 19 | I have several times spoken of an " instantaneous effect upon B as a result of a measurement made on A. Is this not in flagrant contradiction to Einstein 's rule that signals do not travel faster than the velocity of light ? |
| 20 | ‘ I have several times noticed a certain … animosity between him and Dieter Erdle . |
| 21 | I dived many times . |