Example sentences of "[pron] often [vb past] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was called Paolo , and he was a handsome , elegant , simpatico boy whom I often saw and talked to during the school holidays , without ever suspecting that he was interested in me personally . |
| 2 | I often stood and just watched the women , the mascara-ed , the pansticked , the lacquered and the lonely , line the walls and wait to be asked to dance . |
| 3 | Charlotte did get the position of nanny and often travelled on the same train home on her days off , always in the first compartment behind the tender and always hoping that she would see Albert , which she often did and she leaned out of the window to talk to him when the train stopped in the stations . |
| 4 | The perfectly kept living-rooms of Tollemarche homes were for visitors ; the basements , despite their fire hazards , were good enough for the children ; there they often slept and there , if the temperature went much below zero , they also played . |
| 5 | They often stormed and burned ostrogi , soon realizing that the ‘ thunder and lightning ’ weapons were slow . |
| 6 | They often stroked and embraced each other and me . |
| 7 | Anne saw that he often walked and talked with other girls . |
| 8 | He said he felt he often failed and yet it was important to keep on trying . |
| 9 | They were good friends — he often danced and sang and talked with her . |