Example sentences of "often [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We often got into trouble with foreign seamen that came there and they started making up to the Chinamen 's wives . |
| 2 | Such thefts often arose from grants of benefices known as precariae ( from preces , the " prayer " or " request " which had to be offered by the recipient ) on church lands . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They had the same friends , and they often met at parties . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | These doubts , hard to pin down , because reason easily disposed of them all , crystallised around the fact that Comrade Andrew too often smelled of drink ; she could not bring herself to criticise him for his partiality to the goose-girl , because she had learned so long ago and so thoroughly simply to switch off in this area . |
| 7 | For he often smelled of scent and powder which had been transferred to him from one or other of his dolly-birds . |
| 8 | Nationalized industries created additional difficulties ; volume planning often led to overcapacity and excessive output , with huge losses having to be written off . |
| 9 | Miscarriages procured in this way often led to death or malformed births . |
| 10 | First there were alternative models of historical geomorphology evolved in areas where remnants of Tertiary planation surfaces were dominant in the landscape and these are considered in this section ; and secondly there were developments in areas where Quaternary deposits and landscapes promoted a very different approach and one which often centred upon sea levels and glacial landforms and their interpretation , as reviewed below ( pp. 74 and 76 ) . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | In Howard 's time , the main problem in respect of remuneration was that the gaoler was expected to generate his own income , by what often amounted to extortion from those in his charge or their family and friends . |
| 13 | No high scores were found in any country and during the interviews respondents often asked about methods of administering such systems . |
| 14 | In an article originally published in 1964 , Laing describes similar voyages into ‘ inner space ’ often recounted by people who have been diagnosed as schizophrenics . |
| 15 | The reined-in impatience which so often emanated from Ian was absent , Theodora 's gravitas mitigated and Julia 's social nervousness sedated . |
| 16 | Now it was worth five times what he paid for it , a fact on which he often dwelt with satisfaction . |
| 17 | Orkney waters are warmed by the Gulf Streams and we often swam at Skail . |
| 18 | Through Miss Hatherby 's dolls and pictures , Constance became increasingly interested in her own clothes — and had rows over them with her mother that often reverberated for days . |
| 19 | ‘ We often played at home . ’ |
| 20 | 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 ’ . |
| 21 | The younger men amongst the Jews often roared with laughter when the older men , the original immigrants , talked of some experience or incident , for the young bucks were first generation British and educated . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | John , a 14 year old , often came to school early . |
| 25 | John asked me to help him the following year as I often came to Stamford to see my mother . |
| 26 | According to the count , the bill for the holiday party often came to £500 . |
| 27 | It often came at night as I subconsciously relived the tensions of the previous evening 's crises . |
| 28 | Extensive as the network of government may have been , kings delegated much power to the handful of men holding the office of ealdorman ( or earl ) , who often came from families rich in land . |
| 29 | With the temperament and much of the left-handed style of Larry Gomes who so often acted as foil to the dynamic stroke-makers of the early 1980s , Adams moved from 23 to 79 before running out of partners . |
| 30 | Those who came later , more hurriedly , often arrived on foot with only their clothes . |