Example sentences of "so often [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it was caused by the complicated influences of the valley where the men seemed so often to remain unmarried , sometimes perhaps because , as Beuno held , their mothers said there was no one good enough for them , sometimes because there simply was n't anyone . |
| 2 | A lonely place , though the porter caused some light comedy with his staggering and drunken curses , stopping every so often to wave Ranulf on , urging him to hold the lantern horn higher . |
| 3 | The combination of boogification with romantic lyricism in ‘ Heartbreak Hotel ’ — one element deriving from established Tin Pan Alley technique , the other from the black American subculture — produces a style already , at this early stage in Elvis 's career , teetering on the edge of that melodrama into which he was so often to fall . |
| 4 | Slowly they advanced , stopping every so often to bark and be barked back at , then reorienting themselves . |
| 5 | Unfortunately these proposals only exemplify the muddled thinking which seems so often to lie at the heart of Edinburgh 's traffic policies . |
| 6 | Although this fate , however tragic , would certainly be preferable to possible torture and execution , I know that Leslie himself , who volunteered so often to do something ‘ useful ’ , would have preferred to be killed actually fighting , like Bradford and Fenwick . |
| 7 | On the eve of the Lord 's Test , though , he was relaxing , hoping son Shoaib would be recalled before he returned to Lahore , pausing every so often to throw a plastic ball at his bat-wielding , knee-high grandson . |
| 8 | He went out of the orchard most uneasily , turning every so often to look at her as she contemplated her hens . |
| 9 | ‘ I have to speak of things I wished so often to forget — of my guilt , of my shame . ’ |
| 10 | 6 The group pauses every so often to check how they are getting on . |
| 11 | He came so often to check up on Faye that his presence was hardly cause for special comment , let alone celebration . |
| 12 | It has already been suggested that whereas academic courses tend to change incrementally , perhaps under the influence of research , professional courses seem to need the new broom of a major report every so often to bring about change . |
| 13 | I recall her pacing the sitting-room while I am doing my homework , pausing every so often to stand at one of the windows and look down into the busy street below . |
| 14 | The following morning I went with my mother to the foot of the Pentland Hills near Allermuir , where Leslie and I used so often to walk , and there we paced up and down , talking and talking . |
| 15 | In its humped posture it runs along in a zigzag path , quivering its wings and stopping every so often to make sure that it is being followed . |
| 16 | Some form of processing ( amplifiers ) will be used in a long-distance system to ‘ boost ’ the signal level every so often to make up for losses before it is sent on its way again . |
| 17 | It is a good idea to open and close valves every so often to make sure that they do n't get gummed up . |