Example sentences of "often [vb pp] [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | what I most often heard when I phoned people a couple of days in was that it 's been the worst two days of my life ! |
| 2 | I 've often wished that I had stayed on and tried for university , but I was n't keen , and my family was n't the sort to encourage it . |
| 3 | The story of biblical criticism has been so well documented and so often told that I will not recount it . |
| 4 | I have often thought that I should like to push through the House a simple single-clause Bill which would reduce death and injury at a stroke : it would be to insist that road traffic operated with signals in the same way as trains . |
| 5 | I have often found that I can share problems with them as both teacher and learner . |
| 6 | I am often asked whether I approve of cosmetic surgery — and I do not . |
| 7 | I 'm often asked if I get sick of making presentations and signing autographs but I always answer by saying that the time to worry is when no-one wants me to do these things . |
| 8 | How often declared that I did not think I could possibly deserve my Pamela till I could show her a purity as nearly equal to hers . |
| 9 | We in South Cambridgeshire feel from time to time sitting on the doorstep of a university city that we are often ignored and I 'm sure that that is a very fair criticism as far as our District Council is concerned . |
| 10 | I am often congratulated when I draw a map for someone of how to reach somewhere |
| 11 | Do you know sweetheart I have often wondered since I knew about things whether a brother or sister ever did love with such a love as ours . |
| 12 | Since then I 've often wondered whether I should n't have gone ahead and simply presented him with the bill . |
| 13 | His next letter produced this bombshell — something new out of Africa indeed : ‘ I 've often wondered if I 'd ever actually have to write this … |