Example sentences of "often [vb past] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She often got up in the night . |
| 2 | Then , when he returned — which he always did , as quickly as possible , for Smugglers ' Cove ( and its occupant ) were so strong a magnet that he often drove home through the night — then she was unfailingly reassured . |
| 3 | They rented a flat on the top floor of Sylvia Court at English Bay , and often came along to the Hotel Vancouver for lunch . |
| 4 | During his lunch breaks he often hung around outside the restaurant to make sure she did n't go out with anyone . |
| 5 | They often finished up as the main item on the menu at the feast after their visit . |
| 6 | In expanding their empire , the British had habitually sought out local agents through whom to impose their authority , and though these arrangements often broke down after the initial period of contact , sometimes they did not . |
| 7 | Ironing often went on into the evening . |
| 8 | People from the upper classes were getting on the move , and photography often went along for the ride . |
| 9 | People from the upper classes were getting on the move , and photography often went along for the ride . |
| 10 | But I often went back to the other , greener side of the island . |
| 11 | ‘ No , he often went back to the yard in the evenings and almost always on Friday evenings . |
| 12 | The trio of actors became close off set , though with Fonda a committed monogamist , Hopper and Nicholson often went off into the night ; on one occasion they shared a memorable experience with LSD , so memorable , in fact , that both men have chosen , separately , to recall it in detail , as best they could . |
| 13 | It often looked askance at the mainland . |
| 14 | The expression of conditions of existence , so often insisted on by the illustrious Cuvier , is fully embraced by the principle of natural selection . |
| 15 | They bought tanks and fighter planes , nuclear plants , huge dams , and a host of other unproductive projects — whilst billions were stolen and often smuggled out of the country . |
| 16 | The variations in their prosperity depended often on how far the developing cloth trade affected individual places ; some towns undoubtedly grew , particularly in the early sixteenth century , but they often did so at the expense of others rather than through a serious movement of population from the countryside , although some such drift occurred . |
| 17 | He often stole down to the kitchen when he felt like that . |
| 18 | I do n't know what view of these events my uncles took as we woke them early and followed them around as faithfully as any spaniel — maybe that was why they often nipped off to the pub in the evenings . |
| 19 | One thing at least has become clear : their work often sat uneasily beside the dictums of its would-be publicists . |
| 20 | Sometimes in the forest of Queensland it is very nearly frosty ; and George Schaller recalls how the mountain gorillas in the lush forests of Central Africa often sat miserably in the chilling rain . |
| 21 | Giovanna said she often sat in with the Kettering children if their parents were out and would be glad to do the same for the Signora Pargeter . |
| 22 | He often sat there in the early evening to read a book or map . |
| 23 | The neighbours who often sat there in the hot evenings laughing and talking had gone out . |