Example sentences of "time [pron] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So many times I 'd prepared myself and others for his death . |
| 2 | I do n't know how many times I 'd done the Harwich-to-London run , but the journey seemed different that day — like a well-known view captured in a freshly painted picture . |
| 3 | I found myself gazing at the harmonium and my memories of the happy times I 'd spent listening to Miss Louise play came flooding back and I wept more . |
| 4 | This is one that 's been , I 've had appointment and for three times I 'd had to cancel it . |
| 5 | I was in lane 1 , which I found strange considering the positions and times I had achieved in the semi-final . |
| 6 | I do n't think I had ever watched the dawn break until my Waaf days — certainly I had never stayed up all night before , and however many times I had to do it in the course of my duties , it always seemed to me a highly unnatural procedure . |
| 7 | The fact that this button also felt particularly woolly meant that ‘ non-save paranoia ’ set in , and a couple of times I had to exit the program then return to see if my settings had actually been stored . |
| 8 | I would sing to myself , perfectly content to be alone in my own dream world , imagining myself on television receiving an award for beating a world record and I would see my name and picture in the ‘ Guinness Book of Records ’ on the high bookshelf in my brother 's room where I could not reach it , and yet , through all those mornings of endless riding round the yard , I never once counted just how many times I had ridden around to see if I had beaten the previous morning 's record , so sure was my conviction of success ! |
| 9 | In fact , it was one of the few times I had seen him act in a civil way towards his stepmother . |
| 10 | Several times I had seen Gwenellen with that barrier down , but never Aline . |
| 11 | ‘ I told them several times I had met him only briefly . |
| 12 | I thought back over the times I had watched the ploughing ; in late autumn at the potato harvest , and in the summer , slopping through the flooded paddy fields . |
| 13 | What was more , the couple of times I had rung my antenatal teacher for reassurance in late pregnancy after a brief stay in hospital had been free too . |
| 14 | At times I had spent hours roaming around pastures looking for poisonous plants but that was pointless with Billings 's calves because they had never been out ; they were mere babies ofa month old . |
| 15 | I found comfort — although at times I had to struggle to do so — from knowing that God is the Father , par excellence , and he therefore knew exactly how I was feeling . |
| 16 | three or four times I had to speak to him last night , and you never said a word , you just pretended or said you did n't hear |
| 17 | ‘ And what about all the times I 've asked your advice while you were doing your yard work ? ’ he teased . |
| 18 | ‘ You know very well how many times I 've asked to see you , speak to you . |
| 19 | All the times I 've played it , have you only just noticed ? |
| 20 | . You know what I do n't know how many times I 've stripped that down . |
| 21 | I 've lost count of the times I 've made a good catch and returned the next night ( or day as the case may be ) only to blank or , at best , catch a fraction of the previous night 's catch . |
| 22 | So many times I 've wanted to do this again … so many times … ’ |
| 23 | No , I 'm sorry three times I 've said it , it is not make a face at the end of the chorus , it 's there it , and there is just one way , the chorus says if you want to be happy and have a happy face and spread a little joy around then there is just one way , then you make the face |
| 24 | He 's got a week 's growth of beard which seems to be permanent , judging from the times I 've seen him in the past . |
| 25 | Still thinking ; thinking about all the times I 've seen people I know do something for revenge , or do anything vindictive or sneaky or smart or even threaten to . |
| 26 | Teacher never had a moment 's peace with him , and I could n't count the number of times I 've seen him waiting outside the headmaster 's study . |
| 27 | Yeah but I mean the times I 've seen her it 's been this end of town rather than that end of town . |
| 28 | ‘ I could n't count how many times I 've fallen down ! |
| 29 | Many times I 've prebaited every night for two weeks or more and caught fish and I 've prebaited with similar amounts . |
| 30 | Blimey , the times I 've heard that ! |