Example sentences of "have often [vb pp] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , she prevaricated as she said , ‘ Aunt Bertha has often thought of you — wondering if you 're all right — ’ |
| 2 | Luke has often spoken of you . |
| 3 | Madonna has often talked of her Ten Year Plan , a route to megastardom designed to keep her in the manner to which she has quickly become accustomed for years to come too . |
| 4 | I 'd often thought of doing a TV commercial . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've often thought of you . |
| 6 | they 're they are very useful , I 've often thought of having some made |
| 7 | Something wondering and recapitulatory in his tone brought to mind the way I had often spoken of Jess in her absence : odd , I thought , the way men tended to prize their partners more highly when they were elsewhere ; almost as though the idea of relationship was more satisfactory than its practice . |
| 8 | Mr Webster said his daughter had often spoken of her ambition . |
| 9 | She knew how to win that competition , too : when he reached through to her the fourth or fifth time , she did what she had often dreamt of doing before : kneeling up against the wall , she guided his hand and put it to her breast . |
| 10 | Although Dulles had often talked of ‘ liberating ’ Communist states , the West was powerless to help the Hungarians without provoking Armageddon . |
| 11 | Nigel had often thought of stealing a girlfriend off his son , but did n't have quite the same tastes . |
| 12 | He had often thought of a tattoo himself . |
| 13 | She had often thought of it herself , had once or twice in low or high moments suggested it . |
| 14 | She had often thought of it and each time she did Stephen 's face came before her eyes , as clear as some mystic 's vision , the most vulnerable face she had ever seen , the face of a brave child . |
| 15 | Boswell burst out laughing and could not stop — the very idea : that Johnson , ‘ that majestic teacher of moral and religious wisdom ’ , should keep a harem , and had often thought of it . |
| 16 | I have often thought of inventing a spray for getting rid of small children . |
| 17 | Many , though , might still agree with Mr Harold Macmillan , who said in his 1956 Budget speech : ‘ To tell the truth , I have often thought of Budget Day rather like a school speech day — a bit of a bore , but there it is . ’ |
| 18 | OVER the 40 years I have talked to you at Christmas I have often spoken of the role Britain plays throughout the world . |
| 19 | Art dealers have often dreamed of marketing artists on the scale that the music industry markets rock stars , and the Basquiat show will test whether that artist 's celebrity from the early 1980s can attract a generation of museumgoers who were n't even teenagers then . |
| 20 | If you have a computer at home , or are thinking of buying one , and have often dreamed of starting your own business How to Make Money with Computers will provide you with some valuable pointers . |