Example sentences of "[been] times " in BNC.

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1 The times and places of striking advance in productivity have by no means generally been times and places of educational advance ; nor , where they have been , is it clear whether this is cause and effect or , if so , which is cause and which effect .
2 However , there have been times in the recent past when 50 per cent of the artists selling and succeeding in the USA have been British .
3 But she admits : ‘ Yes , there have been times of anger and frustration for me as well as Jack .
4 There 's been times , erm , other things , usually something unconnected with the music . ’
5 There may have been times during your working life when you have not , either knowingly or unwittingly , paid national insurance contributions .
6 There had been times in her life when she had been — if not happy , then content .
7 Having said that , there have been times , one particular occasion in the west of Ireland I remember only too well , when after four days of heavy rain , I would have swapped tent , pack , pots and all for a warm bed and a hot bath .
8 ‘ There have been times since it ended when I gave up hope of ever eating food like this again . ’
9 There had been times , after all , while he 'd been serving his stretch in prison that he really had wondered whether he had hallucinated it all ; wondered whether he was losing his mind .
10 Not that those centuries had been times of uninterrupted peace .
11 There had been times , especially after a long busy night at the club , when she had been severely tempted to just throw in the towel and thumb through the Yellow Pages to find the nearest painter and decorator to hand .
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