Example sentences of "been [adv] [num] time " in BNC.
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1 | Since they won their independence from the Ottoman empire 170 years ago , there have been only three times when Greeks could justifiably feel the world was smiling on them . |
2 | He has returned to the Players ' Championship and the New Orleans tournament after a six-week lay-off with eight rounds in which he has not been over par and has been under five times . |
3 | But now I 've been here nine times and I ca n't go sightseeing . |
4 | I had been there nine times previously , but I supposed it was the same as your time as a baby — you could not remember a thing about it . |
5 | I have been there three times , but each time they say I must go back to the Home Office and try to get my daughter a visa for longer than a six months ' stay in Britain ; otherwise she can not be admitted to school . |
6 | I remember him telling one man that had been late three times in fifteen years that it was getting to be a habit : ‘ You 'd better look for your previous employment . ’ |