Example sentences of "[noun sg] often [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The day often began with people dropping in for breakfast , as they had done at Hamilton Terrace . |
| 2 | Modrow entitled his proposals " For Germany , united fatherland " , using a slogan often chanted by East German demonstrators . |
| 3 | She tried to make Martha speak high English at home as if she were still in school , but the old woman often lapsed into patois herself . |
| 4 | Jasper often went to school but nearly as often did not . |
| 5 | During 1989 student demands became more radical , and demonstrations against the government often resulted in violence . |
| 6 | Mairi was furious when after a while Luch started to take long to return with the bucket , but it did her no good ; the wee lass often vanished for hours at a time , in spite of the scoldings she got when she returned late . |
| 7 | Miscarriages procured in this way often led to death or malformed births . |
| 8 | According to the count , the bill for the holiday party often came to £500 . |