Example sentences of "often [vb past] [prep] their [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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |