Example sentences of "have been times " in BNC.
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| 1 | There may have been times during your working life when you have not , either knowingly or unwittingly , paid national insurance contributions . |
| 2 | There had been times in her life when she had been — if not happy , then content . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Not that those centuries had been times of uninterrupted peace . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But she admits : ‘ Yes , there have been times of anger and frustration for me as well as Jack . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ There have been times since it ended when I gave up hope of ever eating food like this again . ’ |
| 10 | There 's been times , erm , other things , usually something unconnected with the music . ’ |