Example sentences of "often [vb past] [to-vb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dependent on governmental funding and reluctant to lose establishment goodwill , these groups often came to rely on governments with extremely negative attitudes to homosexuality . |
| 2 | Harriet often came to stay at Netherhampton to catch up on all the ‘ gossip of Salisbury ’ and to take her mind off her romance with Shelley , thwarted at every step by her brother Charles . |
| 3 | But behind his large smiles and large cigars , his eyes often seemed to brim with regret . |
| 4 | West Germany was still very prosperous in the late 1970s , improvements were being made in living standards and Schmidt was able to limit the difficulties in the economy , even if he often seemed to react to events rather than to give the country any real sense of direction . |
| 5 | The boy often went to stay at Ely and at the age of 8 could be observed giving strangers a guided tour . |
| 6 | We were afraid , but we often had to go on shore to get more water . |
| 7 | The vast distances covered by American railways meant that passengers often had to sleep on trains , but sleepers on early American trains were uncomfortable . |
| 8 | However , Coun. Mrs Town said the time restrictions would seriously hamper disabled people who often had to wait for lifts into town . |
| 9 | Much of the game was taken up with mauls which an alert French referee often had to turn into scrums . |
| 10 | In order to arrive off difficult coastlines in daylight we often had to sail at night from the Outer Isles . |
| 11 | A teacher from an urban school , discussing the reasons for a recent teachers ' strike , said that not only were salaries low when the amount of time worked outside classroom hours was taken into account , but also teachers often had to pay for classroom materials out of their own pockets , if they wanted to have any . |
| 12 | People often had to depend on chenas for their livelihood . |