Example sentences of "he [verb] [be] [vb pp] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1	He has been challenged many times on the weak link in his case , which is that since American firms are free to relocate to Mexico , a trade agreement is the best way to make sure that American interests are protected .
2	He told me how he 'd been conned three times that week by people who took ten-quid rides , then said they had n't any cash but offered to leave a watch with him while they went inside ( usually a block of flats ) to get some dosh .
3	Even from this distance it was clear he 'd been hit several times in the chest and there was also red paint all over his visor .
4	However , the majority of MPs expressed their support , pointing out that he had been elected first time to the shadow cabinet , giving him a mandate and the right to the same loyalty which his predecessors , Donald Dewar and Bruce Millan , had received .
5	On Saturday he had been given some time off to visit his critically ill sister , 17-year-old Lillian , as she lay in hospital .
6	He had been stabbed fourteen times .
7	Dr Nakajima , accompanied on his tour by Dr Jo Asvall , head of WHO 's European regional office in Copenhagen , said that he had been asked several times if Yugoslav funds frozen in the US and other countries could not be used for purchase of medical supplies .
8	Since then he had been re-elected six times .
9	Working in the very competitive insurance industry , principally at Lloyd 's , he had been approached four times by four different headhunting firms , only one of whose names he remembered ( one of the smaller UK-based consultancies ) .
10	He had been wounded several times , twice seriously enough to have his life despaired of ; he had twice suffered the rigours of exile .
11	He 's been arrested 32 times for shoplifting , but each time magistrates ruled the offences were n't serious enough for him to be detained , where he might have got the treatment he needs .

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