Example sentences of "many [noun pl] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many bombs had been attached to cars . |
| 2 | Many bombs had been attached to cars . |
| 3 | How many times had she watched him do that ? |
| 4 | And how many times had she thought how easy it would be to poison him ? |
| 5 | How many times had my heart sunk when I asked if we could go somewhere or try something new in our poems and he had answered with the excusing phrase ‘ I guess not ’ ? |
| 6 | How many times had she put that on in the privacy of her room and seen the different being it presented , especially when she also donned the leghorn hat . |
| 7 | How many times had she heard the phrase that she had just used so easily . |
| 8 | How many times had I heard that remark ? |
| 9 | How many times had I heard , ‘ This is your home , ’ ‘ These are your sons , ’ ‘ You are my sister , ’ ‘ They are your daughters ’ ? |
| 10 | How many times had Tabitha heard , in casual conversation in some dorm , some station bar , from pilots who had found their craft taking a route they had never intended , never charted ? |
| 11 | How many times had she heard him tell someone that ? |
| 12 | How many times had come down here with Mickey — dead now , killed in the Rising — to watch the trains come steaming in ? |
| 13 | How many times had Kate snuck into a school hall , late for some school event , her male driver beside her cringing with embarrassment at the childish antics on stage . |
| 14 | How many times had she come to tuck Lizzy in when she had been small ? |
| 15 | How many times had she pulled in young girls over the years ? |
| 16 | How many times had she said that to people ? |
| 17 | How many times had I prayed for the impossible ? |
| 18 | How many times had she reached out to him , trying to rouse the passion they used to share ? |
| 19 | How many times had he caused this quick , sudden ache in her ? |
| 20 | How many times had I told her not to do it ? — to wait . |
| 21 | How many times had Charles and her father put her down , discounted her opinions ? |
| 22 | Many authorities had to respond by modernising their service and providing quick self-service and more popular food . |
| 23 | However , an FOE survey showed that only 13 per cent of coolant from domestic refrigerators was being recovered by local councils ; many authorities had no collection scheme in operation . |
| 24 | I asked him how many houses had been completed in 1991 , and I will tell him the answer . |
| 25 | How many hours had she spent here , drinking him in . |
| 26 | At last the government recognised what many researchers had been saying for years : that corporal punishment did not address the causes of bad behaviour , caused resentment among older pupils in particular , and was ‘ inimical to the quality of relationships between teachers and pupils upon which good behaviour is based ’ . |
| 27 | Tony and I embarked on a consideration of Child Benefit but before many minutes had gone by a note was sent in informing us that Peter Carrington had resigned . |
| 28 | Substantial increases on the previous year were made by 446 Branches , 138 Branches sustained their last year 's contribution , which in many cases had already been a record , and only 43 were significantly down . |
| 29 | Certainly denon 's is a substantially clearer and less muddled sound , but this can often also be achieved with simple care and attention to mastering , allied to access the original lacquers or tapes — which Denon has in many cases had . |
| 30 | The companies in many cases had to persevere with the original arrangements , often against long-term best interests . |