Example sentences of "[be] often [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being frost-hardy , they a-re often grazed off in situ through the winter , although this can cause damage to the soil structure . |
| 2 | I also think it 's important that people have this sort of emotional side of it taught to them as well , you 're often taught like the straight , you know , the wee sperm and the wee egg come together and you get a baby , but you do n't , not taught about the emotional side of it a lot |
| 3 | You 're often looking for somewhere , a garage or something off the motorway just for the toilet or a drink |
| 4 | Those thrills prompt you to come back for more but they 're often reinforced by a swirling hotch-potch of memories . |
| 5 | Also we 're often asked for humourous pictures . |
| 6 | I think you 're , you 're often asked to do reactive tasks when I 've done all my tasks , you know I 've got all my staff doing this , and then I 've got to help down on the shopfloor , and it 's not that I 'm doing something that I 'm , you know , I should be doing as a manager , it 's that I 've done all of mine , and I 'm going out to give them a hand . |
| 7 | You 're often seen as being aggressive and impatient , but you believe that your pattern of behaviour is responsible for the success that you 've had . |
| 8 | It 's then oxygen surface waters are saturated , in fact they 're often super-saturated with oxygen . |
| 9 | The membrane does n't use toxins like the lytic toxins that staphylococcusorius expressed er they 're often detected by their immunelytic properties , see the in the er , in the bacterial passage . |
| 10 | We were talking earlier , and I understand you liked to ride at the weekends , and you 're often competing on your horse , er , ha , if you were to have a fall , and erm , you had a back injury , or erm , you sustained an injury that would you keep you from work for a substantial amount of time , er , how would you feel , would you be able to pay your premiums ? |
| 11 | Now charities , we would group them together as N G Os they 're often called , non- governmental organizations . |
| 12 | And the only horn and we 're often dealing with with only the only this , the only that . |
| 13 | They will talk about salaries and things like that but they 're often paid , well , very remotely some of them , monthly now , and think that 's er heavenly or something . |
| 14 | … we 're often found , |
| 15 | Whilst you 're a student , you may find that you 're often thought of as a stereotype — hardworking , humourless academic , single-minded radical or easy-living perpetual partygoer . |
| 16 | Well they 're often having intruders , go on |
| 17 | If spots or downlights are bought , they 're often used without benefit of a dimmer switch . |
| 18 | Often , shops think they have good facilities for the disabled but they 're often used for other things . |
| 19 | Often , shops think they have good facilities for the disabled but they 're often used for other things . |
| 20 | Often , shops think they have good facilities for the disabled but they 're often used for other things . |
| 21 | We 're often told , including by government ministers , that we should follow the lead of Japan , to emulate their manufacturing methods and copy their working practices . |
| 22 | His scripture is the dirt we 're often doing . |
| 23 | Miniature roses , sometimes not more than 6 inches ( 15cm ) high when full grown , are often denigrated and derided as toys — which is most unfair because a great many people with the most limited facilities who would otherwise miss out are thus enabled to experience the satisfaction of rose growing . |
| 24 | Writers of the so-called Golden Age of the detective story , the 1920s , " 30s and " 40s , are often denigrated for using cardboard characters . |
| 25 | Similarly , the effects of alcohol abuse are often mistaken for depression , again because the physical and mental symptoms are similar . |
| 26 | The counsellor should first be alert to the possibility of heavy drinking amongst older people , and be aware that the symptoms of excessive drinking are often mistaken for signs of normal ageing . |
| 27 | The oxalis , whose leaves are often mistaken for shamrock , range from well-mannered rock garden plants to rampant garden invaders . |
| 28 | Items such as sweets and toys are often displayed at a low level — so that children will see them and either ask for them or buy them . |
| 29 | But flower seeds in pretty packets are often displayed in shops alongside sweets , and within a child 's reach . |
| 30 | Memos of this type are often displayed on notice boards for general information . |