Example sentences of "i have [vb pp] [det] times " in BNC.
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1 | I had fallen many times and could not control the wheelbarrow unless I was close enough for my legs to bang into it . |
2 | This was a vehicle with all mod cons at the rear of the bus , which I had followed many times and checked on its progress flying over the route ; oddly enough , on my last night in Mespot I was to sleep in the Imperial Airways rest fort at Rutbah Wells , I had refuelled there many times and had wondered with awe at the vast ugly route-flying Imperial aircraft — Handley Page HP42s — and even more so at the passengers who took an even greater interest in our tiny single-engined Wapiti aircraft , and furthermore asked endless questions about our aircraft and of our life in Baghdad . |
3 | I went through the drill that I had taught many times to my students , and with a little sideslip brought John 's creation back to earth . |
4 | As I had done several times on the journey , since I had n't entirely managed to put out of my mind the events of Uulaa and my suspicions . |
5 | He was a seriouslooking Welshman whom I had met several times back in England and around the orchard . |
6 | ‘ I had holidayed several times in France and was toying with the idea of buying a house there , but with no definite plan in mind . |
7 | I could n't go back to work although I had tried several times and socializing was no fun at all . |
8 | For example in B , I had tried several times without success to contact a third-year female physics student who , it seemed , never looked in her departmental pigeonhole where I left the notes . |
9 | As I 've said many times before , pressure is only a condition of the mind . |
10 | And I do n't mean I 'm bending them , but there were some , as I 've said many times , a lot of silly people refereeing in speedway , and thank goodness now , ninety nine per cent of them are being sensible and we 're seeing some good refereeing . |
11 | I 've apologised many times for what happened that night . |
12 | This is a favourite recipe from a friend of mine ; a quick and delicious snack which I 've enjoyed many times . |
13 | Downstairs in our reception we have a community tank that I 've mentioned many times . |
14 | ‘ For I have gone many times to the Cavern of Cruachan . |
15 | I have referred several times to the relatively small number of performers , critics and scholars who have nurtured the a cappella renaissance . |
16 | ‘ You are an artist , as I have said many times . |
17 | I have said many times I do not wish to hire yes-men . |
18 | This is true for simple problems but , as I have said many times before , as soon as the problems become more complicated our mathematical knowledge turns out to be greatly deficient . |
19 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : I have been careful not to lay down specific periods for the bids to come in , because , as I have said many times , it may take longer for some management-employee buy-outs to be lodged than others . |
20 | I repeat what I have said many times : I do not know of any person who pays taxes out of anything other than income . |
21 | I think basically , if you 've got good colour sense you 're home and dry as I have said many times , it does n't matter how you put it together , but if the colours are superb , it 's going to look good . |
22 | I have said several times that Weismann was wrong . |
23 | But one simple fact emerges , namely that there are innumerable interconnections between the cells in one small region , which , of course , only reinforces what I have said several times already , namely that the neocortex talks a lot to itself . |
24 | I have said several times that we will not oppose the Bill . |
25 | It is an area I have visited many times , especially the coastal areas which are superb for walking . |
26 | I vowed then , as I have vowed many times before and since , that I would never again make myself so vulnerable to the team , that I would get them off my back and out of my life if it was the last thing I did . |
27 | Here is a selection of characteristics of effective RE which I have heard many times . |
28 | If you have ever stood on a sheep farmer 's hillside , as I have done many times in the Western Highlands of Scotland , and listened to the sheep calling to ( communicating with ) each other , you will immediately notice how their intonations are all different , as indeed are their faces . |
29 | As the tank-landing craft heads out into the English Channel I play a slow Highland air , Loch Monar , a tune I have played many times at Achnacarry , and possibly recognised by many of those Commandos who had passed through the Training Centre . |
30 | Indeed , I suppose I owe a great deal to his novel , Caleb Williams , which I have read several times with a daughter 's care . |