Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] often " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like I say , she 's sleeping well now , and she 's often up before I even wake up . |
| 2 | She 's often away , she wants me to go and live in it . |
| 3 | When she does n't know who the culprit is , she makes a guess at it , and the trouble is she 's often right . |
| 4 | She 's often likened to Cookson , and deservedly so . |
| 5 | She was the first British prime Minister to mount a sustained challenge to post-war consensus politics and , more than any other post-war Prime Minister , she is often regarded as a figure apart from her Cabinet . |
| 6 | Such products are known by the general term ultramarinos , ‘ from across the ocean ’ , and to emphasise that Mariana herself is also an ultramarina , she is often accompanied in Gironella 's tableaux by tins of sardines . |
| 7 | The wife is the means through which a man transmits his lineage to his son ; she is often compared to a field in which her husband sows his seed for the continuation of his lineage . |
| 8 | She is often segregated in a hut outside the house . |
| 9 | The clinical teacher must also be involved in planning timetables , since she is often required to teach in the classroom . |
| 10 | As ‘ number-one woman ’ in your husband 's life you are in a strong position , and can afford to be very generous to her , especially in the all important matter of making sure that she is often able to spend time quite alone with her son . |
| 11 | In art , she is often depicted with a cat 's head while carrying a shield and rattle , to frighten away thunder-storms , and a basket to carry grain . |
| 12 | Sometimes this person is slow in coming forward but she is often quite right , these jumpers do sell in the end . |
| 13 | She is often shown with doves perching on her ; sometimes birds are shown perched on sacral horns or on a double-axe , as if to suggest the invisible presence of the goddess . |
| 14 | Orders which allow a wife to remain in occupation of the marital home until her youngest child leaves , in effect , put off her housing problems until middle age , when she is often without an income or sufficient capital to make continued owner-occupation a realistic alternative . |
| 15 | In most universities , he or she is often called the vice-chancellor — the title " chancellor " being reserved for another notable figure who fills that largely ceremonial and dignified office . |
| 16 | ‘ She is often difficult . |
| 17 | She is often represented as ‘ Our Lady of Tears ’ and shown weeping . |
| 18 | She is often able to trace such complaints as severe , almost suicidal , depression , headaches and defective , blurred vision , to misalignment of the upper cervical vertebrae , which in turn places constant pressure on major nerve centres . |
| 19 | She is often seen as the ‘ unofficial interpreter ’ of life in South Africa . |
| 20 | She is often criticized for exercising a weaker voice than she ‘ should ’ but replies that those critics who live ‘ safe from midnight arrests and solitary confinement ’ are unreasonable in the extreme in calling for those in oppressed lands to take risks the critics themselves would avoid . |
| 21 | She is often on a diet and , like young Henry , has a passion for McDonalds hamburgers . |
| 22 | She is often a woman with five or six children , who would not , on account of her large family , be an acceptable sub-tenant . |
| 23 | She is often rejected by the Catholics , because she will not conform to their religion : the local priest says that she will immediately burn in Hell , when she dies . |
| 24 | A rub on the withers from you is often greatly appreciated in return ! |
| 25 | The fact that some problem is seen in him is often contributory to his own problem , just as the other way round . |
| 26 | Adie 's job grows ever harder because she is Britain 's best-known reporter , so that what happens to her is often a better story than the one she is covering . |
| 27 | It 's often thought that previous attempts have failed because there are n't enough well-trained classical actors in the USA to make such a repertory company feasible , but this is increasingly not the case : American drama students are eager to train in the UK , and the percentage of successful auditions held is relatively high . |
| 28 | The region 's exposed position also means it 's often notoriously windy . |
| 29 | He 'd walk me home from school and it 's often said that he carried my ballet shoes , which sounds kind of romantic , but he actually did sometimes , if I was carrying a whole load of things . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's often like that . |