Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] many " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thrill-seeking impulses led them to many momentary and immediate adventures , and it was this period of his life he referred to when he said he had never been in an orgy of more than three people , although he tried ineffectively to promote it a time or two . |
| 2 | The reproductive role of women exposes them to many health problems , including diseases associated with malnutrition , infections and diseases brought on by inadequate prenatal care . |
| 3 | He understood a little of my behaviour as he was a photographer , who also provided me with many useful photographs . |
| 4 | But we have consciously searched for the poor in spirit , and found them in many different situations . |
| 5 | They helped me in many ways but there was something sick in my mind . |
| 6 | I used them on many rainy days , and never once suffered from wet feet . |
| 7 | And some of the connections are quite revealing , and the actions of the Italians in getting very very frustrated and angry now , and having the Christian Democrats and the Mafia and the and the establishment ruling them for many many years , I think does them proud and er maybe a little bit of anger here , about the same issues , would go down quite well . |
| 8 | And his librettist , Alessandro Striggio , son of the composer , provided him with many more opportunities than Rinuccini to break up the recitative with musically attractive relief : extended madrigalian choruses and strophic solos such as Orfeo 's lilting ‘ Vi ricordo ’ in Act II ( accompanied only by continuo instruments , but with ritornelli played by five viole da braccio , a contrabass , two harpsichords , and three chitarroni ) , his display piece ‘ Possente spirto ’ in Act III ( accompanied by organo di legno and a chitarrone , but in the four stanzas competing with brilliant concertante parts for two violini , then two cornetti , a double-harp , and finally a string trio ) , and his swinging ‘ Qual honor ’ in Act IV ( varied strophes for the voice over an ostinato bass ) . |
| 9 | Alured 's son John became a colonel in Ireland but did not survive him by many years . |
| 10 | Aymer thus stood in the midst of a ramified genealogical network relating him to many families within the French nobility . |
| 11 | John described it to many interviewers as if the free lessons were a concession in return for taking part in performances , but it would be more realistic to regard the performances by the University of Cape Town Ballet as a valuable part of his ballet education . |
| 12 | Those patients with a good postoperative result ‘ maintained it for many years , gained occupationally and vocationally , were pleased with the results of the operation , and were willing to recommend it to others ’ . |
| 13 | But , as a risk to safety taken recklessly , the offence deserves a penalty which places it above many intentional offences against property . |
| 14 | My original programme included the week 's Workshop in Jaipur and two lectures in Delhi , but in fact I found myself with many more professional engagements than this , through the Indian habit of ‘ cashing in ’ on one 's presence to arrange last minute lectures and seminars , and the Indian tendency to solicit one 's opinion of personal research , of Ph.D . |
| 15 | The voyage of the good ship ‘ Ceilidh ’ in September provided us with many lessons in seamanship and Christian living . |
| 16 | It can also free us from many mistaken myths about Darwin himself . |
| 17 | Irrespective of their original function , these historical documents now provide us with many fascinating insights into the way we were . |
| 18 | ‘ God fulfils himself in many ways ’ — because he does take history seriously . |
| 19 | Two Bengali women in their twenties told me of many women they knew , and knew of , who were thus stranded . |
| 20 | Over the years , he told me on many occasions of his first day in business at Wilton when a young man . |
| 21 | In fact , she told nobody until many years later , after her mother 's death , when she confided in Louise . |
| 22 | ‘ I have sought you for many a long day , ’ said Caspar , cheerfully , pursuing the rather frail ploy he had thought up earlier in case of precisely this eventuality . |
| 23 | In this matter , I seem to miss those issues to which you contribute articles : I have not seen one for many months now . |
| 24 | In January 1950 Averell Harriman , a man whose international experience distinguished him from many of the more parochial critics , protested that the British chancellor of the exchequer 's narrow economic vision was sabotaging Western European integration . |
| 25 | ‘ I played him in many positions and he 's never let us down . |
| 26 | In 1941 he was still very content with an unrealized , cerebral exposition of the Christian gospel which was to lead him into many distortions . |
| 27 | Never before has a member of the Royal Family stepped so far out of line and the Queen is not the only one who blames her for many of the misfortunes which have befallen the House of Windsor this year . |
| 28 | His passionate compression , luxuriant sound , and eclectic mixture of Anglo-Saxon , Latinate , and Celtic diction have made him for many readers both the greatest of Victorians and the first of the moderns . |
| 29 | " He is , but we have n't seen him for many , many years , for more than we can remember . " |
| 30 | I have n't seen him for many years . ’ |