Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] many [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to his biographer , Henry Bordeaux , even when he landed he remained in a trance ‘ as if electrified by the fluid still passing through his frame ’ Though through so many dogfights he seemed to bear a charmed life , this kind of nervous impulsiveness seemed bound to lead to disaster . |
| 2 | Went through so many operations he felt he wanted to give something back to the Health Service . |
| 3 | Because the loops are too small for so many trebles they frill up as you can see . |
| 4 | For so many months I think did n't they ? |
| 5 | and it was er a penny each way from across to Mold and when he sold out to Crosswell , old Jenkins stipulated that for so many years they had to keep penny each way |
| 6 | ‘ When a person has been underground for so many years it 's a new lease of life ’ ; ‘ it 's just a grand feeling . ’ |
| 7 | Erm working at the same place for so many years you must have had ? |
| 8 | She was so constantly braced , her will so stiff from desire , that she could not sleep at nights ; she feared that if she fell asleep she might lose her determination and her faith , might wake up alone in her narrow bed , in the small back bedroom , overlooking the small square garden , backing onto the next small square garden , where for so many years she had lain and dreamed her subversive dreams . |
| 9 | My heart ached for her as I realised that she had joined the ranks of so many others I had known , who had watched their men fly off into the dusk , never to be heard of again . |
| 10 | ‘ He reminded me of so many things I 'd half-forgotten . |
| 11 | Like so many Victorians he looked the part , his face possessing an authority worthy of a minor prophet . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's like so many things you 've told me about these murders , robberies and the rape . |
| 13 | Like so many men he sneered at women 's intuition but conferred a quasi-biblical authority on his own . |
| 14 | Like so many celebrities he stands out … by wearing shades . |
| 15 | Unlike so many conservatives he had not compromised his position and was consistent throughout in his condemnation of Japan . |
| 16 | We were lucky and had survived , unlike so many others we had known and thousands of others all over the world . |
| 17 | ‘ They detonated an explosive device next to one , and it disintegrated into so many pieces they could n't find them all . |
| 18 | they come up with so many answers they never know which one to pick . |
| 19 | With so many hands we had achieved our objectives by midday . |
| 20 | With so many commitments it is understandable that he ceased rather early in his career to show his work in public exhibitions , but he still found time to pursue other interests . |
| 21 | ‘ Even if you did open it , ’ said the Bookman , ‘ I 'm sure the pages are weighed down with so many words it would be impossible to turn them over . ’ |
| 22 | Letting me think that you slept with so many men you did n't have the first idea who the father was ! ’ |
| 23 | They start behind men in certain ways because of the sort of training they are getting in school , in the home I mean , and in so many respects I think schools have to try and compensate for that . |
| 24 | In so many weeks she must find work . |
| 25 | But positivity can be interpreted in so many ways it leaves plenty of scope for individual expression . ’ |
| 26 | Aubrey seemed to think … and I can see that in so many ways it would be a far better match for you . |
| 27 | In too many matches we 've sprung a leak . |
| 28 | For so many British children , growing up in an inner city area could mean missing out on so many things they need to grow up healthy and secure . |
| 29 | In fact , we have witnessed this very scenario on so many occasions we could not even begin to discuss them . |
| 30 | erm There are one or two people who have just begun to identify a faint movement back into an increase in numbers , but over very many years you can know pretty well exactly where you are as far as the total number of pupils you have to provide for is concerned , and therefore , in that sense , the system can plan its resources for a known population . |