Example sentences of "been [prep] [num] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Curtis had been in four times . |
| 2 | ‘ When I arrived for training this morning , my wife had been on three times and I thought something had happened to my little girl , who was in hospital over the weekend . |
| 3 | Martin was for some years tutor to the MacLeods of Skye , and had also been at one time a scholar at Leiden University in the Netherlands . |
| 4 | It is said to have been at one time the world 's largest spinning mill under one roof . |
| 5 | Before the jury was sworn the judge was asked to hear evidence from two of the prosecution witnesses on the existence and whereabouts of evidence believed to have been at one time in existence and of relevance to the case and possible use to the Defence . |
| 6 | It had been at one time , going back over a hundred and fifty years , it had been what they called a combination poorhouse . |
| 7 | There are currently 17 expeditions on Everest — the most there has ever been at one time . |
| 8 | Well it would have been at one time . |