Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm not going to dwell too deeply on this as I personally ( and I know many people feel the same way ) ca n't find one trace of child molestation or anything else distasteful within those grooves . |
| 2 | I am 17 years old and I know many people who enjoy ‘ real ’ traditional music — no matter what speed it is played at , or how loud it is . |
| 3 | Andrew and I spent many hours on the Windrush porch discussing almost everything under the sun from party politics to mystic transcendentalism . |
| 4 | My colleagues and I spent many hours discussing this issue , when we first sat down to decide how we were going to approach the running of our company . |
| 5 | Weeks passed , and I spent many hours studying Flint 's map and dreaming of treasure . |
| 6 | But it was the truth , and I spent many summer hours of study under the beeches growing above where the Portland Building now stands . |
| 7 | ‘ If he does , it would mean that I 'm still playing at 40 and I said many years ago that I felt that was possible . |
| 8 | As I left the room I seemed to be in a school and I saw many children in the hall and I seemed to be late for a class . |
| 9 | In any case , for all Mr Graham 's scepticism , I can remember he and I spending many evenings trying to put our fingers on the constitution of this ‘ dignity ’ . |
| 10 | My hon. Friend and I share many ideas , including , I believe , those on monetary policy . |
| 11 | TECs will have responsibility for the initiative , and I expect many bids . |
| 12 | Erm , one of the things that depresses me , is probably the main thing that depresses me is not being valued for what I am or what I do and I think many women suffer from depression because their strengths and their creativity are not recognised and valued . |
| 13 | Now I I 'm we 're not here to argue whether that 's a good thing or a bad thing , erm but nonetheless parents were , if you like , an attempt was being made to con them into voting on that particular issue under the guise of whether their children 's education would be better or worse , and I think many parents realized that . |
| 14 | the evidence that we 've found out already from C H C is that the operation of the N H S reforms has restrictive patient choice because crucially those referrals to London teaching hospitals which used to made as a matter of course if treatment is unable er , unavailable in Harlow have actually been largely stopped , I got the detailed figures from the purchasing director erm er , recently in the C F C minutes and it shows a miniscule number of patients being referred to London teaching hospitals erm , and this is clearly the reason as this points out in this paper that London teaching hospitals are in serious financial problems and four of them , indeed are being threatened with closure by the Tomlinson report and I think many patients in Harlow would much rather as er , people have pointed out , go to er , Middlesex and U C H , should they still exist than to go to Colchester and er , but this is this a key question , so on the the basis of the this consortium does n't meet those criticisms indeed , make the situation worse I move that we oppose it in principle that Vince reports on that line . |
| 15 | At that time I was strongly in favour of sanctions , and I supported the dispatch of American troops to Saudi Arabia , according to Bush , to deter an attack on that country ; though I would not myself have acceded to an American request to put British ground troops there , and I think many people in the Ministry of Defence argued strongly against that . |
| 16 | And I found many details that I knew to be true . |
| 17 | And that 's true , but it 's often forgotten that some of us on this side of the fence also play professionally — they say teachers are failed musicians and I suppose many people see music journalists as those not good enough even to teach ! |
| 18 | This is reflected in the fairs , festivals and sports events which are held throughout the year and which attract many sightseers . |
| 19 | This was Peter Lorre 's first film but he had been acting for ten years in a career which had begun with his running away from home at the age of 15 and which bore many similarities to the careers of other American and European actors who had arrived in Hollywood already . |
| 20 | Annabelle and Steven , you are embarking on a wonderful journey , and you have many friends who will support you , and help you , and wish you well . |
| 21 | Winston Churchill stayed with her at Belvoir Castle and she entertained many friends with wide-ranging interests , among whom were many writers and artists . |
| 22 | Your mother divorced him and we had many interests in common . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ The aim of the day is fun for all the family and we have many family entrants my own five children will be joining me . ’ |
| 24 | There 's the River Thames — how many of our local people have ever taken a holiday on the River Thames ? erm and we have many hire boats down there which offer a very good holiday at a very good price . |
| 25 | We 're good at diplomatically arranging crews , and we find many couples prefer separate boats ! |
| 26 | and we do many things , we write to MP 's , we write to councils trying to get them banned off the land , and we 've been very successful . |
| 27 | This was our baptism of fire and we learned many lessons . |
| 28 | ‘ I had known Les for over 25 years as a friend and we appeared many times on stage together . |
| 29 | peters also introduced him to small-boat cruising and they made many cruises between Marblehead and the Canadian border . |
| 30 | It was true that the chains ' capacity for negotiating good deals made it hard for the family-run business to keep going , and they had many letters offering businesses for sale , and the price of shops was coming down all the time . |