Example sentences of "be [num] time [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | That should have been six times nought point two over |
2 | Our sales volumes at these sites are five times our European average . |
3 | In 1989 , for instance , subsidies for France 's SNCF were 5.5 times what BR received . ) |
4 | Which will come to , if we add them it 's six times nought point two . |
5 | To cover the sides of the cake , roll out a long strip of marzipan as long as the circumference of the cake and as wide as its depth ( hint : the circumference of a round cake is three times its diameter ) . |
6 | So erm er erm by n by no means er could you call one point one percent of something that can vary by factors of three in , in , in , in Cornwall the natural radiation is three times what it is in , in Essex erm er but they seem to be quite er healthy nevertheless in Cornwall erm so point one percent is er varies by factors of three , obviously ca n't be considered to be erm er a major political er a major erm er environmental hazard . |
7 | That 's three times you try to fall that , if you have an industrial injury |
8 | That 's that 's that 's three time my erm Super Nintendo . |
9 | It 's ten times itself minus three times . |
10 | ‘ It 's five times what Sun has ever sold as the most successful Unix vendor . |
11 | ‘ It 's five times what Sun has ever sold as the most successful Unix vendor . |
12 | Five times three is fifteen times it by ten . |
13 | The greatest amount normally permitted is one-and-a-half times your average final salary up to a ceiling of £1 12,500 ( or higher if your pension plan pre-dates the 1989 Budget ) . |
14 | ‘ A thousand pounds , which is four times their value and I had an advertisement in all the golfing magazines . ’ |
15 | But in America where the extended cut method of mining is taken further , their underground accident record per man shift is four times ours . |
16 | then also er a talk with the dep about what he 's gon na say , and I 'm gon na put at the beginning please do not refer to this as being prepared for you , that 's two times he 's been to a launch and said that and he do n't give it such a spontaneous thing , so er I did meet him and tell him |
17 | ‘ That 's four times we 've said the name . ’ |
18 | Her head was three times its normal size , one huge , crusty , black blister , her eyes like two slit tennis balls , and the lower half of her face seemed to have no features at all except enormous fat black lips that covered her nostrils and chin . |
19 | It was three times what she 'd been expecting . |
20 | The wheelbarrow , which , when loaded , was three times my weight , toppled , spinning me in circles . |
21 | And you visit them for there was one time we visit them for fourteen day daily but I do n't think they do it now . |
22 | And after a nervous start he brought off some important saves — but this was one time he was n't so sure , playing spot the ball with Mark Wright . |
23 | There was one time she was all dressed up to go to town and I did n't know her because she had a hat on . |
24 | there was one time I dove in and I hurt my back , I sort of like keeled over , kicked well |