Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] many time " in BNC.

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1	The Palestinians were fighting their way forward — as they were to do many times in the future — in the wrong direction .
2	The issues were discussed many times both in this House and in another place last year , and the social security regulations which gave effect to the changes were fully debated and approved by both Houses .
3	The experiments were repeated many times with similar results which were highly significant statistically .
4	The rule was reiterated many times , by the Permanent Court of Justice , by various international arbitrations , by publicists , and in draft treaty articles .
5	Possibly Northern audiences found the French an affectation as the original subtitle , the Excelsiors , was used many times .
6	It was a promise he was to keep many times .
7	The book sold well , and was republished many times in the following decades .
8	This was an action that he was to repeat many times before any true subjugation of the Saxons was achieved .
9	This matter was discussed many times and , finally , at the Delegates Conference in 1938 , it was agreed " to explore the possibilities of a full-time Secretary and the establishment of an office and report to a special meeting of the executive committee " .
10	The sentiment was expressed many times over , but it is succinctly put in the following lines by R. E. Vernede , who was killed in action in 1917 :
11	The experiment was repeated many times , with the bats taking turns to be the starved victim .
12	He was sucked into every knot of people , and his back was slapped many times .
13	With the problems of site and design settled and only the question of finance outstanding , there seems little reason why the scheme should not proceed as Molesworth had hoped , but as was to happen many times later , the repercussions of major political events were now radically to affect the progress of the scheme .

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