Example sentences of "[verb] many [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So come anyway and enjoy the quiz ; even if you do n't know many answers it will be an opportunity to learn something . |
| 2 | I have said many times I do not wish to hire yes-men . |
| 3 | She had n't got many clothes she liked at the moment . |
| 4 | In a modern society , it is — more or less — up to the individuals or couples to choose the age at which they marry or enter into one kind of conjugal union or another , to decide whether they should have a child or children or not , mow many children they want to have and at what intervals , and to opt for an age at which they want to cease childbearing , etc . |
| 5 | The usually quoted limit for freshwater tropicals is an inch of fish to 10 2 inches of surface water , though if you visit many experts you 'll soon see this exceeded . |
| 6 | He does n't look the sort of player to me that would score many goals I have to say . |
| 7 | It did n't happen many times him asking me to club him . |
| 8 | She could n't name many things she found lovable , but knew a thrill in being on the waterfront and always felt cheered by clouds racing along in the sky . |
| 9 | Think of the present problem with Bosnia there is n't a single er advanced industrial country that wishes to get engaged in ground warfare in Yugoslavia because there would be simply no point in it and any casualty er would be seen as a waste , as a throwing away of resources and you 'd have many casualties it 's argued . |
| 10 | Having had the opportunity through working at a hospice of attending many funerals I have grown used to seeing the shudders and worried looks that pass between grieving family and friends as they struggle to make sense of the words being read . |
| 11 | She was the leader because she knew what she wanted to do , but he knew many things she did not , although she was not prepared to admit that to him . |
| 12 | I told him I now knew many things I did n't know before . |
| 13 | However , before she 'd gone many yards she recollected herself and turned to the bystanders . |
| 14 | I have learned many things I did not know about events in this region . ’ |
| 15 | You are bound to have many questions you would like to ask , as well as certain anxieties about which you would like your mind set at rest . |
| 16 | Mm , as did many others I suppose . |
| 17 | Poor Sarah , as she lived into her seventies , can hardly have felt like much of a torch-bearer ; during her childhood in the 1780s and '90s Titfords had been thick on the ground — as had many families she now saw no more . |
| 18 | From here I went to the Asprey , Mallett of Bourdon House , and S J Phillips stands , all of which had many treasures I coveted . |
| 19 | We intend to change all that tonight and hopefully answer many questions you may have about the purchase and maintenance of a motor car . |
| 20 | Doubtless you have many projects you wish to return to some works of high magic , no doubt … ’ |