Example sentences of "stories abound " in BNC.
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| 1 | Horror stories abound : of the rogue 's law that prevented any port agent who sold directly to fishmongers from ever trading with a Billingsgate merchant again ; of the nepotism that determined who could have a stand in the market ; and of prices that varied according to who you were and whether you had a good introduction . |
| 2 | Stories abound of his having landed on a handkerchief in blizzards in order to take people to hospital or to bring in desperately needed supplies . |
| 3 | Stories abound of partnerships that have not paid themselves for months . |
| 4 | In old sections of Sudan 's capital , Khartoum , stories abound of latrines collapsing , with people falling through ancient crumbling squatting slabs to unspeakably horrible deaths . |
| 5 | Actually , plants are not the only creatures that can be better judges of character than many humans , for stories abound of dogs , horses and other creatures instinctively picking up the unpleasant and threatening vibrations from some human and responding with a personally directed snarl or with a well-aimed kick or bite . |
| 6 | Such stories abound and are important in that often the first thing that needs to be broken in us is pride , fear of men and the need to be in control . |
| 7 | Apocryphal stories abound . |
| 8 | Stories abound of Elena 's ignorance . |
| 9 | The early years of ‘ British ’ aviation feature heavily here , and stories abound of Boxkites , Caudrons and the like . |
| 10 | Stories abound of how the Whitley crews learnt their trade the hard way . |
| 11 | Stories abound of the Phoenix Guard arriving at the very instant that the council decides upon a new king or at the moment that life leaves the old king , lending weight to the legends about the Chamber of Days . |
| 12 | Horror stories abound , originally fuelled by the publication of Ruth Harrison 's Animal Machines ( 1964 ) , a book which in Britain directly influenced the setting up of the first parliamentary inquiry into the new methods of animal husbandry under the chairmanship of F.W.R. Brambell . |
| 13 | Stealing ( or not paying other debts ) in order to gamble is commonplace and stories abound of any number of crimes — even murder — being committed for pitifully small amounts simply in order to gamble . |