Example sentences of "often [vb past] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For many upper-class men , prostitution appeared both necessary and inevitable ; and their objections to raising the age of consent often arose from the fear that either they or their sons might be threatened by new legislation . |
| 2 | On tour in 1988 , Gedge often shouted into the microphone ‘ Status Quo — 25 years in the business , ’ as he and Solowka got down to some mindless guitar boogie . |
| 3 | The flat in West Kensington was really only three large , formerly elegant rooms , with ceilings so high that I often gaped at the room 's proportions , as if I were in a derelict cathedral . |
| 4 | Gradually the walls collapse , a process often accelerated by the penetration of plant and tree roots between the stones . |
| 5 | On Sunday mornings during the time of the spring and autumn ploughing , the horsemen often strolled around the parish to view one another 's work , estimating its quality with the eye for detail of an exacting sticker at a furrow-drawing match . |
| 6 | They often came into the dining rooms together and one day they were trying not to listen as Bessie was going on at length about her friend Elsie Dobson . |
| 7 | Greta Ross often came to the beach to swim , but Mr Ross never came . |
| 8 | I 'd worked at for 18 years and often came to the Terminal to check the weigh-bridge . |
| 9 | A couple of days after the riot was over , the streets of South Central , Los Angeles , offered a visual detective story , in which final chapters and final questions often came in the form of a shattered plate window or a burned-out shop front . |
| 10 | That relieved me from the embarrassment of having to ask for it in front of the stoical poker-faced brigade of women who often assembled in the shop in their curlers and headsquares to pass the time of day . |
| 11 | Almost every day there were downpours of rain and it often poured throughout the night , making the ground so slippery that the camels found it difficult to keep on their feet . |
| 12 | I often walked along the shore , and one day I saw something in the sand . |
| 13 | This rule now removes the doubt that often existed about the duration of a notice , when the period started at the time of submission to the council . |
| 14 | They often flew through the night without the benefit of fighter escort . |
| 15 | He often talked about the Empire , but its reality ( save only perhaps for India , which he never visited ) did not inspire him . |
| 16 | Dean Rusk and others in Washington were not happy to find the British ambassador so often closeted with the president . |
| 17 | He often went over the head of union officials , appealing directly to the workforce , and , to a great extent , the workforce accepted his proposals , thereby improving productivity and dramatically reducing the days lost through industrial disputes . |
| 18 | We often went up the hill from The Gantry , for a stroll , you know . |
| 19 | Nobody thought it odd that Mother Francis often went up the path past the blackberries to read her Office up by the cottage . |
| 20 | They often went to the park to sit by that lake . ’ |
| 21 | Ryan , who gave Johanna a pair of satin pyjamas for Christmas , said they often went to the seaside at Great Yarmouth together and he got on well with her parents . |
| 22 | Rosa often went to the washplace with Sabina to help her and she was glad that she could pull her blue cotton dress out of the basket and slosh it into the water before anyone else could examine it for stains ; not that the stain spoke openly of its origins ; it could easily have been milk , thought Rosa . |
| 23 | We often went to the house of Don Cattabianchi , the priest of Santa Croce , a very eccentric but equally intelligent and learned man . |
| 24 | He often felt in the wrong before Gildas . |
| 25 | This also resulted in a slight decrease in the number of word paths , but often resulted in the loss of the correct word . |
| 26 | But if , remembering this qualification , we consider Europe as a unit — as it often appeared to the rest of the world — then Europe 's main economic role in the world economy was to be a supplier of capital and manufactured goods ; the rest of the world absorbed that capital and those manufactures and supplied Europe with primary materials . |
| 27 | Too many people , pulling in various directions , mostly clinging to a percentage of her value , made her into the rag doll she often appeared on the track . |
| 28 | Finn , in turn , often appeared in the guise of a hind or a hunting dog , and his children took the form of fauns ( see FAUNUS ) when wishing to escape danger . |
| 29 | He takes equal pride in the fact that it contains Berlioz 's complete dialogue , often abridged in the past . |
| 30 | He so often searched for the positive , supporting and standing up for CUM and Bermondsey . |