Example sentences of "[pron] often [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even those who do not share his political opinions readily pay their tribute to the range of his intellect and the graciousness of his character ; more remarkable still , even those whose intellectual qualities are the equal of his , but whose moral qualities have degenerated in contact with the sordid atmosphere of politics , never speak of him with an affected amusement as a religious bigot or a narrow-minded moralist ; in the remarks of these latter politicians I often detect a tone of rather wistful regret , as if they were conscious in themselves of a loss for which the world they have gained has by no means compensated . |
| 2 | I often set a problem and allow them to choose their own method of working . |
| 3 | I often turn a conversation around to my interests . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh that 's all right , ’ she answered blithely , adding quite without thinking , ‘ In my job I often collect a scratch or two from some over-exuberant canine . ’ |
| 5 | For works on paper I often use a mixture of techniques applied in successive layers and these might include gouache , tempera , watercolour with acrylic applied as a final layer . |
| 6 | Reading the news for ITN means I sometimes work peculiar hours but I often have a weekday morning off , and that 's when I play golf . |
| 7 | She 'll say I 'm a travelling salesman and I often spend a night away . |
| 8 | I often suspected a touch of sheer paranoia in Colin on race weekends : as though he felt that the gods out there were all conspiring to deprive him of his advancement and rights . |
| 9 | I often wear a towelling dressing gown when I 'm invited out to dinner , ’ said Alex . |
| 10 | I OFTEN feel a touch like Ebenezer Scrooge myself at this time of year when fairies , goblins , elves and rosy-cheeked brats skip and flit across the silver screen . |
| 11 | Attitudes in second and especially third wave practices were more lukewarm , and I often encountered a sense of resigned determination — ‘ if we do n't go in now , we 'll get left behind . ’ |
| 12 | A healthy worm population is evident , as I often see a thrush , starling or jackdaw feeding . |
| 13 | The DJ provided a link between the music and the audience and his or her commentary on the music became an integral part of the performance , which often involved a variety of other " special effects " such as " scratching " the records , playing more than one at a time , and so on . |
| 14 | Without the use of rigid heel support and bracing , which often leaves a shoe feeling somewhat brick-like , the Huarache feels light , secure , and above all , supremely comfortable , with a degree of flexibility rarely , if ever , found in such a well-cushioned shoe . |
| 15 | The leaf-blade , which is up to 12ins ( 30cms ) long and 4ins ( 10cms ) wide , is borne on a very long , robust stalk , which often reaches a length of up to 20ins ( 60cms ) . |
| 16 | What is relevant to EModE , however , is that Patterson 's word-lists suggest that a raising rule still applied in pre-nasal environments ( which often have a back vowel today ) . |
| 17 | There is still a superficial resemblance to the old style , especially on larger vases which often have a figure-frieze on neck and body , the rest being covered with graded bands of abstract ornament ; but this has shrunk to little more than varied groupings of zigzags , while massed zigzags among the figures of the main friezes make a shimmering ground on which the fuller , curvier silhouettes or dot-filled outlines of men , women , animals , monsters , flowers stand out . |
| 18 | Do you often experience a surge of interest in a particular period of history after turning up a find that appears to connect with those years ? |
| 19 | ‘ This is definitely not the breed for everyone as you often have a battle of wills to keep control . |
| 20 | But if some nosey neighbour says she often spends a lot of time with me , those policemen are going to pile into her like teeth tearing into a peach . |
| 21 | One neighbour said in a written statement that she often heard a baby ‘ crying for help ’ which went on for hours and hours though she did not contact the police . |
| 22 | ‘ She often has a shovel in one hand and a pen in the other ’ said manager . |
| 23 | After the war I vowed I would never wear a white tie again , and never have , I dislike it so much ; so , having been informed that most of those below the salt would be wearing black ties anyway , I put on my Kennedy tartan smoking jacket with green velvet facings which I had recently had made and of which I was sure that Sir Walter , who often wore a plaid , would have approved . |
| 24 | The least able sailors first and then a minute later the next group start and so on , finishing with the best sailors who often have a handicap of 10 minutes on a 25-minute race . |
| 25 | We often had a cashflow problem because we had to pay them before we got paid . |
| 26 | When we come face to face with a horse we often feel a need or pressure to do something . |
| 27 | Al also the way we talk about it is very very sloppy , we often say A minus B when we should be saying plus A take away plus B. We start talking like that people he 's off again . |
| 28 | When we make assessments of other people , of any age , and in any capacity , we often have a sense as to whether or not they ‘ feel real ’ . |
| 29 | In writing a program , one often has a lot of freedom in the use of bound variables : not only in where they are declared , but also in whether to declare a new variable or re-use an old one . |
| 30 | one often finds a simplification , even elimination of social structure in the British sense , and an amplification of structure in Lévi-Strauss ' sense . |