Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] many " in BNC.
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| 31 | He reminded me that I 'd predicted many , many things over the years and that so far nothing had come to anything apart from purely coincidental moves . |
| 32 | In short , the basic instinct which seemed to tell many people that they needed a good ‘ clean out ’ , and that nasty things could happen while waste matter lingered around in the body , seems to have been largely correct . |
| 33 | Most of these signed items had been dismissed as the work of mere copyists of Classical and Hellenistic creations , and even the unusual decorative and free-standing sculpture unearthed in the short-lived excavations undertaken at Aphrodisias itself in 1904-5 ( by Paul Gaudin ) and in 1937 ( by Giulio Jacopi ) failed to excite many experts . |
| 34 | I was er er there was something that I got told many years ago that I |
| 35 | I would conjecture that the longer sentences tested by Paxton , and the unsuccessful sentences in the HWIM trials happened to contain many alternative interpretations . |
| 36 | After a long and hard fought battle the two sides retreated leaving many dead on the field but no clear victor . |
| 37 | When he was told of a young man who wished to become a poet , Eliot replied , " He 's getting ready for a sad life " , and Ronald Duncan said that during this period he looked " miserable and unwell " and " began to affect many signs of premature old age " . |
| 38 | I began to worry many years ago when I heard a young artist say at a Whitechapel Art Gallery discussion , ‘ I 'm in the painting business , not the explanation business ’ . |
| 39 | Yet there had also been a long lag before financial markets began to apply many of the points these academics made . |
| 40 | Word had got about as to why she had disappeared on compassionate leave and she began receiving many invitations for such recreational activities as were available : film shows , dances or simply a get-together in the local inn . |
| 41 | What they decided to do many years ago was what lots of people in public positions do — use the TV to step out into the public gaze . |
| 42 | In its subsequent White Paper on Coal and DoE Circular 3/84 ( WO 13/84 ) the Government decided to reject many of Flowers ' recommendations , including a progressively declining target for production . |
| 43 | His undoubted talents never blossomed in public life , and he devoted himself to an immense rebuilding and renovation programme at Chatsworth House , Derbyshire , where he loved to spend many hours in the library . |
| 44 | These genes hold the information needed to make many structural proteins and enzymes peculiar to the virus . |
| 45 | ‘ I started working many years ago , I can not remember how many , certainly over 15 . |
| 46 | The head himself chose to write many parts of the self-appraisal . |
| 47 | As the bearer of good tidings reached foreign parts , enthusiasm expanded rapidly and the International Brotherhood of Parachuting Fauna ( IBPF ) brought to bear many fellow dropniks . |
| 48 | Armed at last with a definition of obscenity , Victorian prosecutors proceeded to destroy many examples of fine literature and scientific speculation . |
| 49 | Even though caring meant postponing many of the plans Mary and Jim had for their retirement , when her father died , Mary expressed satisfaction about the time spent caring for him . |
| 50 | Sarah was allowed to dust and polish in Mr Bradford 's rooms , a duty given only to trusted servants since it meant moving many of his important papers , but when she went in there after her return she dropped one of his boxes and everything was scattered over the carpet . |
| 51 | Miller frequently mentions Sherard 's contributions to Chelsea , among them Phlomis orientalis , Jerusalem sage , completely destroyed by the great frost of 1740 and P. flavescens , which managed to survive many years in a warm border . |
| 52 | The company acquired had many business interests which overlapped the company 's own businesses . |
| 53 | After departure of the 1620 to Sheffield , and depending on the good will of the driver , we managed to achieve many foot plate rides down to Wharf Lane and back as the train had to reverse into the down bay . |
| 54 | She failed to intiut many of these power relations that underlie the representation of women because she was not questioning them . |
| 55 | The haiku poets aimed to condense many meanings into each phrase , so that the poem should speak of something that has both a particular and a general significance . |
| 56 | Computer 2000 AG 's European marketing manager Jan Zakrewski has accused the Polish government of ‘ Banana Republic behaviour ’ after the government 's implementation of its plan to waive import duty on computer equipment imported from outside the European Community appeared to confirm many Western vendors ' worst nightmares . |
| 57 | Er and these people er understood what could be got f er what little bits could be got out of the er various unemployment er acts , and er this knowledge , er plus the pressures and feelings that were able to be brought to bear , I 'm quite sure did er did benefit many er many people who who were unemployed . |
| 58 | He was so successful that Walter was able to read , and write , and he did read many books . |
| 59 | Although an unhappy liaison with Rodin consumed much of her attention during the next several years , she did produce many drawings , among them most of her famous cat studies , and at least a dozen paintings . |
| 60 | Did did many people take stuff to the |