Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pron] [vb past] [adv] many " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's why I had so many . |
| 2 | I also made a documentary about the U-boat campaign which in two world wars had nearly brought us to our knees ; and I have always regretted that after the last war , when we sank so many of them in deep water , we did not keep one as a trophy and bring it up the Thames into the heart of London : it would have been a perennial attraction for every schoolboy in the country . |
| 3 | ‘ That 's why we brought so many of you , ’ Benny put in . |
| 4 | My hon. Friend the Member for Wakefield wondered why we had so many people in prison and in police cells . |
| 5 | At a time when he had so many claims on his time , what with his normal work , committees , visitors from overseas , particularly from the United States , a growing acquaintanceship and a formidable correspondence , the assurance that he was ‘ here again and available ’ was of great moral support to me , especially as I was still uncertain about the future , and as the news , as his letter hinted , was by no means all good . |
| 6 | The UDF on Feb. 25 staged its largest show of strength to date when it rallied as many as 200,000 supporters in central Sofia ( the capital ) to protest against what it labelled as BCP efforts to " torpedo " the work of the round table . |
| 7 | His trousers were rough against her skin and smelt fusty like the church where he spent so many hours praying , presumably , for guidance . |
| 8 | In fact it is more of a puzzle to work out why it took so many decades to become established ( Hatton 1986 ) . |