Example sentences of "have [det] times " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have hinted that the dawn has many times come to me through the leaves of the willow , but it is less the tree itself nowadays that transmits things seen to my mind — than something of which the willow is a visible type . |
| 2 | Always one of the most emotional of players , she has many times used her frustration during matches to entertain . |
| 3 | Edward Hulmes , who has contributed one volume to the Effective Teacher Series on Education and Cultural Diversity ( Hulmes 1989 ) has many times noted that RE is for teachers as much as for pupils . |
| 4 | The vehicle barrier at Slaughden which has several times been breached by owners of four-wheel drive trucks |
| 5 | Farmer Colin points out that this selfless operation is always carried out with a complete lack of regard for personal safety and reminds the committee that Josh has several times fallen off his load just outside the King 's Head . |
| 6 | AS CHRISTMAS approaches the South Donegal Railway Restoration Society has several times available at very reasonable prices which will make excellent presents , writes JAMES SCANNELL . |
| 7 | He has several times got himself into a position of strength in his battle with parliament , and bartered it away for short-term gains . |
| 8 | The discussion has several times strayed into semiological terminology and it has taken the nature of ideology largely for granted ; both signification and ideology in popular music demand detailed study . |
| 9 | Furthermore the line has several times been proposed for closure and only strenuous efforts by local politicians and the Heart of Wales Line Travellers ' Association ( HOWLTA ) have kept it open - indeed it is a minor miracle that it survived the Beeching closures . |
| 10 | The Parish Council has several times contacted Wyre Borough Council about this and I have letters from your department dated 24th January 1991 and 6 February 1991 on this matter . |
| 11 | ‘ That made my night , ’ said Mrs Simmons , who has several times been successful in the regional awards with portrait , wedding and commercial subjects . |
| 12 | A keen sportsman , he has several times completed the Great North Run . |
| 13 | I mean he er he used to as regular as clock work but I say , and I have had those times when he comes four o'clock- ish even in the afternoon . |
| 14 | ‘ Apparently after Naylor had spent hours checking around my old haunts without success , he finally got lucky when someone recalled having many times seen my car parked outside this block of flats . |
| 15 | A certain Mr Tomlinson was in trouble ‘ having several times played in the upper part of the links with some gentleman who was not a member of the Club and who had on each occasion omitted to pay his green fee ’ ( at this time 2s. 6d . ) . |
| 16 | Juries were sworn to declare the bounds of the forests ; they based their returns in the main on the perambulations of 1298 and 1300 , which had put large areas out of the forest , and had many times been confirmed . |
| 17 | He had many times been reduced to helpless rage by Graham 's attitude to his subjects , by his refusal to give science stories the importance Mike believed they had , but at least he was consistent in his attitudes . |
| 18 | But as a child she had many times been wrested ( as it felt to her ) from her known environment into some strange place , leaving her totally confused . |
| 19 | Could that have been love , real love ? she asked herself now , as she had many times before . |
| 20 | John , who had many times heard the distant rioting of armies of drunken , brawling navvies on a payday randy , recognized it at once . |
| 21 | This remark had haunted Khrushchev , who had several times explained he did not mean it literally , and finally got that famous goat . |
| 22 | Kathleen had several times suppressed the thought that if they had telephoned to the doctor half a day earlier , Faith might . |
| 23 | Alice , who had several times caught Tom looking admiringly at her while they were coming up there in the tube , and could not forget the way he had held out his hand to her while they sang the duet , wondered if having the room next to his was a good idea . |
| 24 | Jasper had several times mentioned Muriel , and this could have given Alice a clue , if her dislike of Muriel did not always rise promptly in her , preventing her from hearing what she might have done . |
| 25 | His request was initially cold-shouldered , Ray recognising Minton as one of a drunken , rowdy crowd who had several times filled a box in the theatre . |
| 26 | Another dream that I had several times was that I would sacrifice my life to save others . |
| 27 | Ismail Kadare , Albania 's best-known writer , who had several times been shortlisted for the Nobel Prize for literature , requested political asylum in France on Oct. 25 . |
| 28 | Ulster Unionist Jim Rodgers who has visited President Robinson in Dublin , said he had several times tried to dissuade her advisers from allowing the meeting with the Sinn Fein leader , and was ‘ angry and disappointed ’ that she went ahead . |
| 29 | Have all times and minimum rates of descent worked out on a still-air basis first of all . |
| 30 | ‘ But as you so clearly realize , scientists have many times created tools that can be used for good , but which have then been perverted to evil use . |