Example sentences of "but many [prep] [art] [noun pl] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were the inevitable late-night nutters ringing in after a beer too many , but many of the questions revolved around the evolution of humans . |
| 2 | But many of the boys took a long time to get over their paralysed state . |
| 3 | Obviously I enjoyed having the opportunity to watch any nesting birds so close at hand — I could reach out of my bedroom window , when Mum was n't around , and feel right inside the nest — but many of the neighbours looked on the house martins as pests who infested their property and made a mess . |
| 4 | This was a formidable catalogue of sins , but many of the ideas became generally accepted and to some extent underlay Mr Wilson 's thinking in 1963 when he talked of the Conservatives ' period in power since 1951 as ‘ thirteen wasted years ’ and promised that in the first hundred days of dynamic government after a Labour victory at the polls a new atmosphere would pervade Whitehall . |
| 5 | As we have seen the true extent of the migration to Coniston is rather difficult to determine at this stage , but many of the newcomers possessed certain skills which the mine was quite happy to take advantage of , in addition to their abilities as miners . |
| 6 | But many of the symptoms asked about were reported for similar proportions of those who had been in residential homes and those who had not ; these were pain , trouble with breathing , vomiting or feeling sick , drowsiness , sleeplessness , dry mouth or thirst , depression , loss of appetite , difficulty swallowing , dizziness , bed sores , an unpleasant smell , and backache . |