Example sentences of "been put [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know someone who has been put off three times for an appointment in ophthalmology . ’ |
| 2 | Since then Cyrano is estimated to have been put on more times than any other French play and to have been General de Gaulle 's favourite theatrical work . |
| 3 | I did n't realise that Dad was home early that afternoon because he had been put on short time and had had to take a drop in wages in consequence . |
| 4 | At Ford , where workers across the country have been put on short time because of the slump in demand , the feeling was that car tax should have been scrapped much sooner . |
| 5 | The cost of the next stage after JET has been put at five times the cost of the Culham experiment and this would suggest the need for even wider collaboration . |