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Example sentences for "few times"

  • You see, we showed our movie quite a few times.

  • I tried to induce him a few times to get on to some money-making scheme.

  • If not, he would repeat the act a few times, and then hunt something else to amuse himself with.

  • After being shown a few times how to do this, he fitted them in without difficulty; but when he was not rewarded for the task by receiving a morsel of corned beef or a sardine, he did not care to work for the fun alone.

  • He would place his pan by the side of the jug and repeat the sound a few times.

  • He been messed all oveh the race track las' few times out.

  • I beat him a few times when he wasn't lookin' for me to win.

  • Old Man Curry blinked a few times, passed his fingers through his beard, and stared at his questioner.

  • I made her rise and fall a few times, that I might enjoy the sight of its entrance and exit.

  • I moved a few times in and out, so that my prick was white with the foam of her delicious cunt.

  • Although he got into my arsehole a few times it was merely from curiosity; his letch was to be fucked and frigged.

  • As they were seen only a few times by the expedition the reports are rather incomplete.

  • A few times only he is said to have sent his son to barter with the Talirpingmiut of Nettilling Fjord.

  • It is of great importance that in the journals of Hall's second journey Sedna is mentioned a few times (spelled Sydney), this being the only proof that she is known among the tribes of Hudson Bay.

  • And you three fellows especially have had luck chase after you more than a few times.

  • Tubby had to be helped more than a few times, for he became so excited that he could not remember where he had left a number of important things.

  • So Rob started in to narrate the entire story, and he made such a fine thing of it that the interested listener only interrupted him a few times to ask further particulars concerning certain points.

  • He had learned this already from Iris Deane, whom he had interviewed a few times, and Reginald Davis.

  • I have met her a few times here, at these little informal gatherings.

  • I have called on her a few times, and she has called back.

  • Stas woke her a few times a day to give her nourishment.

  • VIII During the few days following Nell passed all the moments during which the rain did not fall with the King, who did not oppose her departure, having understood that the little maiden would return a few times daily.

  • Instead, he turned about a few times on the spot as dogs usually do, lay down, rolled himself into a ball and closed his eyes.

  • He blinked his eyes blindly a few times, wabbled on his legs, threw up his hands, and staggered back.

  • And she--she had scarcely enough pin money to indulge in such outings as this a few times a month.

  • After observing a few times, the girl let her work at it alone.

  • I took these people through their parts a few times, and in consequence found myself obliged to attend the stage rehearsals to superintend their performances.

  • We only heard him refer a few times, in terms of furious contempt, to the audience, 'for whom the march was far and away too good.

  • A few times, he ran with the bands of the forest and road, to rob travelers.

  • He tapped the tablet a few times, squinting at the last name on the list.

  • He shook his head as his companion turned back toward him, then dashed involuntary tears from his eyes and blinked a few times to clear his vision.

  • Submerge forehead and eyes in a basin of water, open and close the lids under water from six to eight times; repeat a few times.

  • Having thus set your mental alarm clock, with a few times, practice you will be able to wake up, without being called, at the appointed time and to demonstrate to yourself the power of your mind over your body.

  • Indoor Water-Treading Stand in a bathtub or large foottub containing about two inches of cold water, step and splash vigorously for several minutes, then dry and rub the feet and increase the circulation by walking around the room a few times.

  • If we get stuck in a fog, we can have Joe Gamp yell a few times for us.

  • He walked up and down the room a few times, finally stopping in front of his chum, Buck Badger.

  • You have gone in search of trouble a few times, to my knowledge.

  • Few times in his life had he smiled in quite this vivid way.

  • Only a few times in a lifetime in human beings are the little, outward motions actually suspended; perhaps under the paralysis of great terror or, with painstaking effort, before a photographer's camera.

  • Few times in his life had he been more anxious to make a successful shot.

  • Having done this for a few times, however, with about the same result each time, I relieved her anxiety and fright by allowing her to examine the glove, which she did with marked interest for a moment and then turned away.

  • I showed her a few times how to press the spring in order to open it, but her little black fingers were not strong enough to release the spring and make the lid fly open.

  • She winked hard a few times, choking back the rush of tears.

  • She opened her lips a few times, and swallowed hard.

  • Carol giggled softly to herself a few times, and Lark opened one eye, asking, "What's amatter?

  • Prudence's brows knitted in anxious frowns, and she sighed a few times.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    civilian rule; few days; few days before his; few days before the; few hours; few hundred; few hundred yards away; few inches; few lines; few men; few miles from the; few minutes; few moments; few months; few more; few paces; few rods; few seconds; few times; few years; gentle sleep; last words; maybe you; small town; went west; worthy friend