Example sentences of "times by his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter Jay , who was plucked from the economic editorship of The Times by his father-in-law , Labour Prime Minister James Callaghan , to be made ambassador to Washington , recalls the feelings clearly : |
| 2 | The giant Czech , capped 40 times by his country , pulled out of their recent World Cup qualifier against Romania because it was played on the day before West Ham 's crunch derby at Millwall . |
| 3 | Mother said that Aunt Bessie was fond of telling one story about Thomas Isaac , recalling the occasion when he was asked to say grace before breakfast one morning and steadfastly refused although commanded several times by his father . |
| 4 | At this time , too , he carefully examined and brilliantly settled the old quarrel concerning the metropolitan church of Britanny between Tours and Dol , which although it had been judged many times by his predecessors would never have been brought to a final settlement but for him . |
| 5 | He was a very much larger than life character who it is understood , although it may not be strictly true , was sacked three times by his company for which he worked as a salesman . |
| 6 | Sole , capped 40 times by his country , will make his final appearance at Murrayfield against France a week today when he will lead Scotland out for a record 22nd time . |
| 7 | Capped 12 times by his country , the 24-year-old is a leading scorer for his club Rosenberg with 20 goals this season . |