Example sentences of "[pers pn] often [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I often left in tears . ’ |
| 2 | John asked me to help him the following year as I often came to Stamford to see my mother . |
| 3 | And on Sunday afternoon I often went to Kidlington , to eat large teas and remember another world . |
| 4 | Classic lighting is ideal for creating atmosphere in traditional-style bedrooms , although if you often read in bed you may need to opt for a more practical design |
| 5 | " If I ca n't have you , " she said aloud , for she often conversed with Timothy in that one sided manner , " then I wo n't have anyone . |
| 6 | Julia seemed to take on a new lease of life and now that the weather was improving she often walked to Carrie 's house or to see Bridie and her family . |
| 7 | Another factor which made Russian foreign policy different in kind from that of the other Great Powers in 1880 was that , like Great Britain ( with whom she often came into conflict over them ) , she had great extra-European interests , both in the Far East and central Asia , where her territories , influence and commerce had been growing steadily for twenty years . |
| 8 | Neighbour Linda Moore told the court she often went to Coventry to escape the sound of Jim Reeves , whose hits in the 1960s included Distant Drums , It Hurts So Much and I Love You Because . |
| 9 | She often went by train to some distant party beyond the reach of horses . |
| 10 | She worked a sixteen-hour day , returning to the flat where she often stayed with Jennie and Jessie . |
| 11 | She went out of the room longing to slam the door as she often did at home , but she did n't dare to here . |
| 12 | Enya 's grandparents are buried there , and she often talked to Roma about her feelings that her grandparents watched over her and guided her still . |
| 13 | ( We often sang in St Mary 's , Ipswich , my bass a good foil to Benjamin 's tenor . |
| 14 | We often began with antipasto : a selection of home-cured salumi . |
| 15 | ‘ We often played at home . ’ |
| 16 | We often got into trouble with foreign seamen that came there and they started making up to the Chinamen 's wives . |
| 17 | Orkney waters are warmed by the Gulf Streams and we often swam at Skail . |
| 18 | I do n't want to give the impression that we often talked about Shanti 's origins ; we only did so when she obviously wanted to . |
| 19 | The Lord Chamberlain was a very important man , close to the Queen , and we often put on plays for the Queen 's court , and in the houses of the great lords of England . |
| 20 | We often cried with pain . |
| 21 | They had the same friends , and they often met at parties . |
| 22 | They often suffered from vaginismus , but they invariably praised their husbands for being ‘ exceptionally kind ’ , passive , totally understanding and ‘ so good as not to bother me ’ . |
| 23 | They often went on excursions , always talking away nineteen to the dozen . |
| 24 | They often came into conflict with the local Transport Committees , formed from the local branches of the main transport unions , who correctly maintained that they alone had the right to issue permits for the movement of essential items which would otherwise have been held up in the dispute . |
| 25 | The public outcry at the sight of myxomatosis-infected rabbits wandering helplessly around continued since they often strayed into areas where the full extent of their suffering was visible . |
| 26 | The Independent Companies were intended to be a ship-based force slipping ashore to harass German communications and cut the supply line of Swedish ore , but they often fought as infantry because the Allies had no other troops available ; an unavoidable reason for deploying special forces in this role in Norway . |
| 27 | He assured her that he was unhappily married , never had sex with his wife though they slept in the same bed , and that they often thought of divorce . |
| 28 | When the group travelled further afield , they often slept on floors at the homes of fans or friends . |
| 29 | They often rode for hours in contented silence , remembering the good years behind them when everything had been simple and summer seemed to last for ever . |
| 30 | Their relations were always cordial and , in his memoirs , Hedilla recounts how they often talked of politics . |