Example sentences of "often [vb past] [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I put it to him , ‘ Being famous does n't necessarily endow a guitarist with insight into the design and workings of the guitar , so why are artists so often asked for their input and reviewers almost never , when our job is to understand , examine and pass judgement on guitars on a daily basis ? ’ |
| 2 | Darren often arrived on their church morning with a gift of flowers . |
| 3 | Mervyn Kohler , the head of public affairs at Help the Aged , forecast that increased fuel costs would result in even more winter deaths among the elderly , who often turned off their heating because of fears of high bills . |
| 4 | He had found a mews flat in Fulham , convenient for his work , but he often returned to his family only at weekends . |
| 5 | A fish and chip shop owner called me in to deal with the lower half of a long-skirted ancestor which often glided through her kitchen . |
| 6 | As Mr Earnshaw grew old and ill , Heathcliff became even more his favourite , and Hindley often quarrelled with his father . |
| 7 | The earliest thing she could remember was sitting on a pink-and-grey rug in the kitchen ; it was a memory that often drifted into her mind , vague and unsummoned , just before she fell asleep . |
| 8 | He often reminisced about his contribution to the manufacture of sodamide , an essential reagent in the production of M & B 693 , making the first few batches himself using molten sodium and ammonia — an exciting reaction to control . |
| 9 | Those listeners who were mothers of young children often spoke of their appreciation of health and nutritional programmes ; they found advice and information on the radio that was relevant and easily understood . |
| 10 | Frankie , a lifelong bachelor , often spoke of his longing to have children of his own . |
| 11 | He often apologised for his English and also for the fact that this handy guide turned into two volumes . |
| 12 | Such humour even stretched to the envelopes , and those addressed to friends such as Clive Bell often had on them verse instructions to the postman . |
| 13 | Women who were inspired neither by feminism nor revulsion against the prescribed role of the middle class wife and mother , but who nevertheless found a sense of purpose in philanthropy , often wrote of their work with a cloying sentimentality and in terms that reveal a strange mixture of humility ( expressed in religious terms ) ; insecurity , class superiority and a grim determination to do God 's will . |
| 14 | ‘ That 's how I spent the best years of my life , ’ she often said to her son . |
| 15 | Helen , marvelling at Joyce 's capacity for self-protection , often wondered at her choice of career . |
| 16 | When I was in London during the early years of this period I often stayed with my mother in Hampton Court . |