Example sentences of "and [noun] often [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore their activities at the rarefied levels of Petrograd and Moscow often had very little impact , either at the time or subsequently , on the masses and on provincial life . |
| 2 | In the first flush of glasnost much information was made available and deputies often asserted themselves aggressively . |
| 3 | Now at Thorsbury she and Victoria often rode to the fields to watch the men labouring and when it was clear that the work of leading and stacking the corn would soon be at an end , she kept the child entranced with stories of the Harvest Suppers of her youth . |
| 4 | People from the upper classes were getting on the move , and photography often went along for the ride . |
| 5 | People from the upper classes were getting on the move , and photography often went along for the ride . |
| 6 | They became constant companions and Corbett often found them playing cat's-cradle in some comer or window embrasure . |
| 7 | Ceauşescu knew that greed and gullibility often went hand in hand . |
| 8 | The route stretches some twelve to fifteen miles and parties often took two days and a night to make the journey , leaving the corpse in the " deadhouse " at Blades ( now ill ruins ) overnight . |
| 9 | Particular items like cartoons and horoscopes often had high readerships ; leading articles did not . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Famous ministers like Horne , Clifford , Watson , Horton , Charles Berry of Wolverhampton 's Queen Street Congregational Church and Forsyth often visited America to conduct long preaching and lecturing tours . |
| 12 | Progressive landlords still owned a lot of land and redistribution often did n't go to the poorest peasants but to peasants who were members of the Communist Party . |
| 13 | Sri Lankans did not believe that it was morally wrong to convict a known cattle thief on false evidence , and officials often complained that true cases were spoilt by complainants who added additional false evidence . |
| 14 | Mrs Bennet came to clean four times a week now , and another woman came for the washing , and Julia often wondered how she would have managed without them . |
| 15 | As winter took its hold , banking up the short days , the long cold nights between autumn and spring , thoughts and imaginations often drifted to hunting . |
| 16 | Hannah is obviously a natural musician , although the aforementioned modesty forbids her to agree with that assessment But as a child she quickly learned to play both piano and organ with none of the pain and stress often endured by most youngsters , even those with natural skills . |
| 17 | He did not explain how this latter figure squared with McAteer 's figure of two thousand ; Nationalists and Unionists often threw figures at each other in this way but it was not always clear exactly what they meant . |
| 18 | The Wealden clays supported a richer , more diverse agriculture than the Hastings Beds formation , where impoverished sandy soils combined with abrupt contours largely restricted farming to stock keeping , and grain often had to be brought from elsewhere . |
| 19 | The conversation had suddenly moved , as conversation between British and Egyptians often did , into a minefield . |
| 20 | Both Himmler and Hitler disapproved of all this dangerous activity — they needed him — and Heydrich often had to sneak back to Berlin on late-night transport planes to cover the fact that he had been battling with the RAF instead of with the enemies of the State at RHSA headquarters . |
| 21 | Attlee , Macmillan , Wilson , and Callaghan often waited for a policy line in Cabinet discussion to emerge before committing themselves . |
| 22 | Nothing had been said between the two friends , and Ella often wondered if she had imagined a situation which did not , in fact , exist . |
| 23 | The fact that Laidler and Littler often had Tiller troupes in the same town without conflict said a great deal for the professional attitude of the producers concerned . |
| 24 | A certain formality of tone and style often intruded , however , and in one case there was no indication that the LEA viewed parental contributions as valuable or desirable . |
| 25 | Dustin and Anne often had meals with Colin Welland and his wife , or sometimes with Susan George and her boyfriend , the young actor Simon MacCorkindale , whom she was soon to marry . |
| 26 | Sarah 's father , Major Ronald Ferguson , is Charles 's polo manager , so she was frequently at Smith 's Lawn , the Guards ' Club in Windsor Great Park , where Charles was based , and inevitably she and Diana often sat chatting while the Prince played polo . |
| 27 | As Mr Earnshaw grew old and ill , Heathcliff became even more his favourite , and Hindley often quarrelled with his father . |
| 28 | Even so the horse ambulance was slow and men often died before they reached hospital . |
| 29 | Girlfriends and mates often watched them run through their set and on the two occasions they appeared at Gedge 's school and Queen Elizabeth High School , where Solowka was a pupil . |
| 30 | In addition , four- and five-year-olds often said explicitly that they did not know less , or even asked what it meant . |