Example sentences of "[pron] 've often " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was a somewhat intense woman who probably rather enjoyed such gatherings , but I 've often wondered if she secretly used them as a ruse to get her husband home to mind the little one while she nipped out for a breather . |
| 2 | I 've often wondered about the origin of Evan 's encyclopaedic knowledge on this topic . |
| 3 | There are , of course , differences and I 've often wondered what is the most significant difference . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've often watched you in the past and wondered how you know exactly the right time to enter the bidding , the right time to leave , ’ Moran praised . |
| 5 | I 've often felt desperate too , but I 've never been able to talk about it because people think you 're being superior : holier than human . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've often thought that each person is rather like a different vessel out at sea . |
| 7 | It 's unlikely that anybody does it too often , since trippers tend to make skiing an all-day outing , but I 've often been on the beach with people planning a ski trip next day . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've often walked past that picter . |
| 9 | His next letter produced this bombshell — something new out of Africa indeed : ‘ I 've often wondered if I 'd ever actually have to write this … |
| 10 | I 've often wish 'd , for the honour of our Sex , that these Subjects had been exhausted seventeen hundred years ago ; but am afraid that seventeen hundred years hence , we shall have the same false Corydon 's , and the same complaining Sylvia 's . |
| 11 | And indeed I can still remember that strange whispered singing , all those men singing , I can remember it , and I can remember every single one of those words even now , and I 've often quoted them to myself when I 've needed to . |
| 12 | I 've often wanted to say that to a man , go on , take all of me , why not ? |
| 13 | ‘ I 've often been guilty of overwriting and some of our older songs used to have two three pages of words , ’ Gedge told Sounds . |
| 14 | ‘ I never used to read poetry at all but I 've just found out that it says all the things I 've often felt but never been able to express . |
| 15 | I 've often heard people say , ‘ You can always see someone worse off than yourself , ca n't you ? ’ as if this were any comfort ! |
| 16 | I 've often wondered what the odds were against breaking that same pane twice in succession . |
| 17 | Having always been aware of the Cathedral I 've often wondered what impact it has on visitors seeing it for the first time . |
| 18 | The reason , I 've often reflected , is that programme companies , not entirely untroubled by conscience , feel that the occasional , massive genuflection enables them to live in virtue for long periods . |
| 19 | I 've often speculated since on what would have happened if we 'd just given ourselves up at this point . |
| 20 | Mind , there was one night that I 've often thought about . |
| 21 | I 've often reflected how I might have reacted in my early days as a Christian to such advice . |
| 22 | I 've often wondered how chaps with 50 caps could keep themselves going for so many international commitments . |
| 23 | I 've often heard him call women ‘ tarts ’ when they are just young , attractive and dress a bit sexily . ’ |
| 24 | I 've often seen toddlers jumping about in the back of cars ahead of me . |
| 25 | God knows I 've often been tempted to do without it and go into service ; it 's where I started . ’ |
| 26 | I 've often thought it might be better if I had more intimate knowledge . |
| 27 | I know I 'm a bitch and I do think Nora had a lot to do with it but I 've often thought that it was — you know — in the genes . ’ ' |
| 28 | And Mick , looking straight ahead , was silent for a moment , then said , ‘ Yes , I 've often thought that , Joe , but not so much of late . |
| 29 | I 've often wished that I had stayed on and tried for university , but I was n't keen , and my family was n't the sort to encourage it . |
| 30 | I 've often taken a board and gone sailing in Poole Harbour , the second largest natural harbour in the world . |