Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [vb pp] [adv] many " in BNC.
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1 | Mr Pozsgay has been written off many times . |
2 | But his work has been destroyed so many times in the rads that he 's now giving up . |
3 | Many people say that near Frankenhausen in Thuringia is a mountain in which Frederick Barbarossa may be found … he has been seen there many times . |
4 | As has been pointed out many times in the past , sport is n't played on paper , it 's played on grass . |
5 | The story of the sunken village under Semer Water has been repeated so many times that it may be pointless me telling the story once again , yet there may be some of you who wo n't have heard it , so if you 're sitting comfortably , I 'll begin . |
6 | In the 1970 's and early ‘ 80 's the Club saw more changes than in the whole of its earlier history , so much so that in 1976 former President Tom Luker said of the course shortly before his death ( 1977 ) , ‘ It has been modified so many times it has gone full circle ’ . |
7 | they 'd been ca they 'd been called so many times you know when he was low . |
8 | Erm and that was just an excu h him being expelled for driving someone into town was simply an excuse because he 'd been caught so many other times . |
9 | The individuals interviewed were asked how many people had participated in the most recent assessment and review they had attended and how long these usually took . |
10 | Some women find , for instance , they can renew old friendships which did n't fit in with their former lives ; interests that may have been put aside many years ago to accommodate someone else can be taken out of mothballs . |
11 | He had been given so many things to digest , not the least that it was possible Celia might have a father still living . |
12 | I think if debate had been continued then many backbench Tory MPs would have expressed their reservations and their concerns about the Government 's proposals . |
13 | While the others were talking of Hubert Molland , Peter had felt like a spectator at a play — as if he were watching a scene that had been rehearsed so many times that the actors spoke their lines mechanically , hardly caring about the meaning . |
14 | That has a go , an attack , about everything because you 've been rejected so many times , so many times , and will continue to be rejected when we get the next election that you 're frightened to death to have . |
15 | A colliery manager who is actually planning and investing was asked how many pits would be producing at 130p per gigajoule . |
16 | Schools , temples and churches have been hit too many times in the past few weeks to be the victims of mistakes . |
17 | I have been asked how many tickets were issued on the Bishop 's Castle Railway . |
18 | If application forms/c.v.s have been used correctly many of these questions will already have been answered and the well-prepared interviewer will have familiarized himself/herself with the details . |
19 | I have been described as many things , but that is the first time I have been described as a tourist attraction . |
20 | It 's been done too many times . |