Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [art] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'll soon get the hang of it — once you 've been caught a few times you 'll suss out the attack patterns — but until you do , frustration is high . |
| 2 | However , once printed text has been photocopied a few times , or faxed , or degraded in some other way , the characters can become similarly indistinct . |
| 3 | The cottage , he told Marshall , had been built the same time as the farm . |
| 4 | She assured us they had only been worn a few times . |
| 5 | ‘ We did say we 'd limit him to thirty mares as he 's been so busy competing , but somehow we managed to allow our arms to be twisted a few times . |
| 6 | Apparently , up until quite recently all Warwick basses were made with aluminium truss rods which obviously are not as strong as steel ones and are liable to break after being adjusted a few times . |
| 7 | ( The various P-40 models were renamed a few times — the ‘ A , ‘ B and ‘ Cs were called the Tomahawk ; the ‘ D , ‘ E , ‘ F and ‘ Ks were known as the ‘ Kittyhawk ’ ; and the ‘ L , ‘ M and ‘ Ns were christened Warhawk ) . |
| 8 | That that used to be mentioned between us er er a few times , I can remember it being mentioned a few times . |
| 9 | After Hackman 's departure , Dustin felt even more insecure , remembering that he had himself been fired a few times for not satisfying the director . |
| 10 | Well , erm I I have been accosted a few times to do a few things , you know erm like I say , prostitution , they think probably because you 're on your own , everybody else , because one , say one person in the block is one , then you are one as well , you know . |
| 11 | The entire lexicon is duplicated every few time slices . |
| 12 | ‘ The cup 's been refilled a few times since then , ’ observes Len , ‘ and with some funny stuff . ’ |
| 13 | I feel that this is a difficult poem to understand but when it has been read a few times the meaning becomes clear . |
| 14 | the county keeper was shaken a few times but not often stirred |
| 15 | Which British King was married the most times ? |