Example sentences of "[noun] [Wh adv] often [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | If you ask medical staff how often they have seen someone die , rather than if they have been around at the time , surprisingly few will say they witnessed the actual event . |
2 | One market research survey into the purchase of a particular brand of ready-mix pudding named the article and asked housewives how often they bought it . |
3 | She did n't envy anyone really ; but it would have been nice to have had a father , or at least to be able to remember him , and no matter how often her mother spoke about him and told her what he was like , there was a sort of emptiness inside her , and she was beginning to think there always would be There was a day in September which her mother kept special to remember her father . |
4 | All the other meals ( except for odd cups of tea and light snacks ) were eaten in the dining-room , which , however , never lost a musty and unused smell no matter how often they sat in there . |
5 | No matter how often we tell people that a dog is for life , not just for Christmas , some are always abandoned within hours of being given as a present . ’ |
6 | No matter how often she sunbathed , her skin was always very white . |
7 | That accusation was like a blow to the midriff , still as hurtful as ever , no matter how often she heard it . |
8 | were never an L-plate band , they always seemed assured and in control of their chord-spiralling carousel , no matter how often it threatened to spin off-kilter . |
9 | She gets these surges of anger now and then , against injustice and evil and so on , no matter how often I try to remind her about the facts of life . |
10 | No matter how often I arrive at Kyle , by land or sea , I can always admire its situation which , for a railhead town , takes some beating . |
11 | No matter how often you tell 'em you have n't got this infant in a laboratory cage , for example , they 'll still believe that 's where he is , with a chain round his neck very likely . |
12 | Nice old lady , no matter how often you tug at your woolly skirt hem to persuade it to cover your knees , I can still see your new shining cream bloomers ! |
13 | You know , no matter how often you say it , every day and in every way I 'm getting thinner and thinner . |
14 | No matter how often you clean them they get dirty within minutes . |
15 | Can he tell the House how often they have been used ? |
16 | What is even more odd is that like the AV the STV is allowed to retain its original unitary value however often it is transferred and whatever its preferential status . |