Example sentences of "many a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out of the mouths of babes … comes many a minister 's comeuppance . |
| 2 | These little glasses , which so closely resemble eyebaths , have become a fetish , and to suggest that a common cup might be shared ( after all it is communion ) is more than many a minister would dare . |
| 3 | He carried Michael Bonallack 's bag for twelve years in all , savouring many a triumph with the most successful British amateur , who won five Amateurs , three of them in a row . |
| 4 | You know , Clerk , I have seen many a corpse . |
| 5 | The cry of many a chancellor in distress has been ‘ Nobody understands me . ’ |
| 6 | Once a valuable and historic site , Alghero has witnessed much upheaval and many a conflict . |
| 7 | It is a dwarf among the fellow heights of Assynt and Coigach , having an altitude of 2009 feet only , but its ascent presents difficulties far greater than those of many a Munro . |
| 8 | ‘ Many a £10,000 house is worse situated and has a much poorer garden , ‘ Warnie observed . |
| 9 | We have our own cabin , scene of many a kneebend and chestflex , on A-Deck . |
| 10 | One swing with a pick proves this to be a big , bold beastie with enough power to out-boot many a dreadnought . |
| 11 | Yeah and I used to see them many a times in |
| 12 | Cos I said many a times Arthur |
| 13 | In many a country public house in Ayrshire and far beyond , a photograph of Baron of Buchlyvie is still to be seen on the wall . |
| 14 | In affluent Australia it is at least highly inconvenient , and has driven many a farmer into bankruptcy . |
| 15 | I 've had many a weep , I can tell you . ’ |
| 16 | The large Lichtenstein Palace ( 2/258 ) of 1791 opposite the Church of St Nicholas has seen many a change of political fortune . |
| 17 | So while I 'm not suggesting that you buy every gauge ( though that would be many a machine knitter 's idea of heaven , I guess ! ) , when working out what machine(s) you want for the yarns you want to knit most , look at the optimum yarn for each gauge . |
| 18 | But many a foot of land the worse … |
| 19 | The writer of those lines and I enjoyed many a lunch time snack in the Hotel Vancouver cafeteria , and more often a glass of lager in the upstairs lounge . |
| 20 | Thus many a feminist no longer has any use for Christianity . |
| 21 | Many a feminist seems to have become fixated upon Mary in recent years . |
| 22 | He arrived at his desk , squinted at the offering tucked into his blotter and sat down to read it properly : a short , sanctimonious newspaper piece on the temptation and pressures on the successful young , Tristram Wilson being mentioned , with many a crocodile tear , as one of the recent casualties . |
| 23 | Of course , Doumen has sent out many a favourite from his Chantilly yard during his career , but so far the British punters have either totally ignored his cross-Channel raiders or found one or two homegrown contenders to prefer . |
| 24 | Horses , gun-dogs and books filled his day , and many a regicide glanced wrathfully at the nonchalant figure of the tall Englishman strolling unconcernedly in the highways and byways of Belgrade . |
| 25 | Tammuz' jaded beliefs were not that novel : Quincx had heard them spill from many a Tech-Green 's lips ; but then Ewan had always thought himself unique . |
| 26 | He had told them many a fairy story and when they checked , they returned more furious than before , dragging him out of his dirty , fetid pit back into the great vaulted torture chamber to be questioned once again . |
| 27 | Rome was , I suppose , the capital of the art world , but Rome was essentially an international place where many a Britisher was famous ; where Flaxman , for instance , had established himself as one of the most famous artists in the world . |
| 28 | Cambridge were left high and dry for a time this afternoon as Oxford followed in the footsteps of many a champion boxer and left the opposition waiting at the official weigh-in . |
| 29 | And yet the book has many a laughter-line . |
| 30 | On many a winter morning I jumped out of bed and put a letter of his in the fire , feeling it would be wrong to allow it to survive ; and when some years ago I was asked by a distinguished man of letters if I could help him to write an account of Maurice |