Example sentences of "[adv] often it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the moment he left your home on his quest he has been leaving a trail for you to follow ; not of pebbles , not of bread or coloured beads ; a trail of memory , of image like blood , like a scent ; something that you have always known even though so often it seemed to you that you did not recognize it . ’ |
| 2 | Christians in particular have trouble with this part of the grief response because so often it seems that Christians are not meant to be angry — especially when the feeling is commonly directed towards God personally , as it were : ‘ I try to live a good life and see what He has let happen … |
| 3 | It looks So often it looks beautiful and it looks innocent , and people are attracted to it , Christians also . |
| 4 | It 's not often it comes on during the day , but now and again |
| 5 | More often it turns out to have weaknesses of its own and many a general theory ends up as tomorrow 's ‘ special case ’ , explaining something but not everything . |
| 6 | More often it involves the purchase of an operational division or the purchase of one business owned and operated by a multitude of different companies within a group . |
| 7 | More often it takes the plural form , indicating partition of the property between co-heiresses , like Agnes Chaplayne and Beatrix Salesbury at Gayhurst , Bucks . |
| 8 | Although the boto is a powerful animal , and can sometimes tear its way out of nets , more often it becomes entangled and drowns . |
| 9 | However , the more we investigate this phenomenon with the client the more often it becomes clear that the avoidance is maintained because the person is afraid of the fear response itself . |
| 10 | Sometimes it was quantitatively inadequate , but more often it suffered from an excess of conflicting signs and signposts . |
| 11 | This occasionally resulted in amendments — more often it took the form of assurances from ministers about future intentions . |
| 12 | More often it works as a way of postponing the cost to the successful assisted litigant until damages and costs are received from the opponent . |
| 13 | This back scratching may include taking data directly from the banks computer , but more often it provides details of the bank 's systems , which makes it easier for the enquiry agent to embark on the well timed impersonation . |
| 14 | More often it has been the engineers and the ecologists who have done so with lawyers , economists and political scientists sometimes joining in ( Hare , 1980 , p. 381 ) . |
| 15 | Most often it resembles a horse , though sometimes it looks like a calf with a white flag around its neck , or an ass . |
| 16 | Sometimes when the Doctor spoke he told the truth , equally often it seemed he spoke lies and evasions ; he was a trickster . |
| 17 | Tantrums may be best suited to a ‘ duration ’ type measurement ( how long each one lasts ) while swearing might be best suited to ‘ frequency ’ type measurement ( how often it occurs ) . |
| 18 | During the small group discussions , most men confirmed that they would like to make love more often and that it is their partners who restrict how often it occurs . |
| 19 | were never an L-plate band , they always seemed assured and in control of their chord-spiralling carousel , no matter how often it threatened to spin off-kilter . |
| 20 | Gironella 's solution was entirely individual : to focus on the art of the European past , looming large as it did in Latin American consciousness regardless of how often it had been declared dead and buried by Europeans . |
| 21 | Whilst pondering on the history of the town and how often it had been conquered and invaded , he struck upon the idea of fashioning a wonderful head of brass that could speak and was omniscient . |
| 22 | How often it happens |
| 23 | Extremely , you know I mean if , if it had been checked over regular maybe or something like that , I do n't know how often it gets checked over or anything but you know er that gantry 's supposed to be you know , kind of really safe , so many sensors on it which are supposed to stop that from happening . |
| 24 | 1 room-by-room guide to Chatsworth ( bit cheeky , this , as it is simply to perplex guides and attendants who are not used to seeing people coming round their house with noses stuck in guide to a completely different mansion , though you 'd be surprised how often it fits well anywhere ) |
| 25 | It is surprising how often it works . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's amazing how often it works , ’ he said . |
| 27 | But of course it is sometimes not possible , because historical research demonstrates conclusively that the kind of standardised written language which can be used to represent ethnicity or nationality is a rather late historic construction — mostly of the 19th century or even later — and in any case quite often it does not exist at all , as between Serbs and Croats . |
| 28 | I 'll come in the morning instead or whatever , erm but quite often it means if they 're coming in they say , well I 'll be in town anyway I 'll come in for that hour |
| 29 | Quite often it has n't and even if it has it may be helpful to call the recipient with information on delivery and timing . |
| 30 | Too often it smelled of boiled cabbage and steamed fish . |