Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] often [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have tried many brands , but my hair often seems to look dull . |
| 2 | My records were frequently consulted , my opinion often sought . |
| 3 | Probably they all knew by now ; my uncle Michael was a great gossip , and he and my father often met for lunch at week-ends . |
| 4 | My father often talks in his sleep and sometimes he speaks fluently in a foreign language . |
| 5 | To us , my father often used the expression , ‘ Do be human ! ’ if we were misbehaving . |
| 6 | My Ma often did n't know where to look when I came out with things about Uncle Geordie and Auntie Julie . |
| 7 | [ 'Put not your trust in princes , Shallot ! ’ my chaplain often quips . |
| 8 | Indeed their existence often remains unacknowledged beyond their own circle of friends and workmates . |
| 9 | Their self-image was that of the chosen few for whom the spectacle provided an inexhaustible supply of objects ( and people ) to hate , and whilst the apparent ease with which they targeted and disposed of their opposition often made good copy ( the endless adventure , the scandal , etc. ) , there is a sense in which the hectoring tone of their documents became repetitive and wearisome . |
| 10 | All agreed they had a rough deal as their work often involved great pain . |
| 11 | One thing at least has become clear : their work often sat uneasily beside the dictums of its would-be publicists . |
| 12 | If underground outfits had to go legal many of them would go bust , their profitability often lying in their clandestine nature . |
| 13 | Although her poetry often speaks of ill health and many times looks forward to the poet 's early death , she died of measles , a sudden illness which she was too weak to withstand . |
| 14 | Her work often refers to the truncated anatomy , as do the photographs of John Coplans and the paintings of John Wesley , the other two artists in the show . |
| 15 | It is obvious that , not only is it necessary for students with disabilities to have reasonable transport , but that their transport often has to be specially adapted . |
| 16 | Constanze was to spend a good deal of time over the next two years at Baden , where her husband often visited her . |
| 17 | Their name often conjures up visions of ‘ star wars ’ , with ground-based free-electron lasers destroying incoming ballistic missiles as part of the US Strategic Defense Initiative ( SDI ) . |
| 18 | personal conversations are not independent of media news , however , since their content often consists of a review of information and opinion originally derived from the press or television . |
| 19 | Those that need a long day-length to complete their life-cycle often refuse to bloom in the shade . |
| 20 | Her technique is poor and her instruction often shows her lack of knowledge . |
| 21 | On Friday evenings her father often went home early , because he and Jane and the infants liked to drive into Kent , where they had friends . |
| 22 | Her policy often shocks airline stewardesses because the singer wo n't touch artificial food containers . |
| 23 | The damage to the integrity of the US banking system caused by the feckless management of the savings and loans system — which before US financial deregulation did much the same job as our own building societies — has been so extensive that its impact often goes unstated . |
| 24 | The cuckoo has no time to settle low in the nest and her egg often falls a little distance . |
| 25 | Her selfishness often distressed her mummy . |
| 26 | Nurses who have internalised the ‘ values , beliefs and attitudes ’ of their workplace often develop a ‘ false sense of security ’ about its long-term prospects , she said . |
| 27 | It was easy for Draper and White to mock the church fathers for their naiveté on matters of natural philosophy , forgetting that they did have higher concerns — forgetting , too , that their naiveté often reflected the pagan wisdom of their day . |
| 28 | Males with little or no shade in their territory often remain unpaired . |
| 29 | Species of shrews that have poor eyesight and rely on established pathways to find their way about their territory often fall victim to pits that open up in their vicinity , running straight in without seeing them . |
| 30 | ( Those who disown their shadow often seem shallow or unreal . ) |