Example sentences of "[pron] often [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , I often studied that face covertly ! |
| 2 | ‘ And worse still , ’ she says , ‘ I often worry that my other two children are suffering because I have to give so much attention to Graham . ’ |
| 3 | As a struggling poet in the late twentieth century , I often thought that some early poets achieved publication very easily . |
| 4 | I often thought if I 'd been married to Finn and I 'd had a gun handy , I 'd 've widowed myself more than once . ’ |
| 5 | I often hear and read stories of anglers spending weeks on end in search of Fenland zander with very little to show for it and yet with a little thought they could be catching on a regular basis . |
| 6 | He was called Paolo , and he was a handsome , elegant , simpatico boy whom I often saw and talked to during the school holidays , without ever suspecting that he was interested in me personally . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've tried many different mics and I often find that some of the more expensive condenser mics do n't sound as good as something like a good , straightforward Shure 57 or something like that — one of the cheaper dynamic mics . |
| 8 | After a bout of love , I often find that my brain is at its sharpest , I see things clearly ; I feel poetry coming to me . |
| 9 | I often find that parents are inhibiting to young people . ’ |
| 10 | The f I often find that really the first year it was more fun and er then when they started on the plays and that it got more serious and |
| 11 | And er however it 's funny that you , things remain with you , er even in the Greek and Latin , I often find when I 'm doing a crossword puzzle , something I do n't think I would ever take in , and yet I seem to , can answer the question . |
| 12 | They never found him and I often wondered whether he went in with his machine and dead gunner or whether he managed to bale out and was picked up by the flyingboat they had stationed in Sicily for sea rescue work . ’ |
| 13 | Today the tone of so many of these adverts is so unashamedly boastful — full of triumphs in beauty competitions , prizes won and degrees achieved — that I often wondered whether these perfect matches are all they claim to be . |
| 14 | I often wondered whether Mary got the idea from me . |
| 15 | I often wondered whether Bill were not a little jealous of the past that Irina and I shared . |
| 16 | But erm so er I mean , but I I often wondered whether she got commission from that or , or not if they 're supposed |
| 17 | I often wondered if he enjoyed using my toothbrush as much as I enjoyed using his . |
| 18 | I can understand if they take time on a stray dog I often wondered if they realise |
| 19 | Personally , apropos of Wedding presents I often think that the deepdye polyester is not necessarily the best buy for newly weds when you come to think about it . |
| 20 | I often think that our sociological relationships are like an action in which each person is a small knot so that we can influence the common situation in four directions . |
| 21 | I often think that if we dressed in old Barbours and flat caps we would n't create so much antipathy . |
| 22 | I do n't regret it , of course — I might never have been a priest otherwise — but I often think that that 's why I just do n't seem able to come to grips with the modern world . ’ |
| 23 | I often think that mountain rescue teams are just as selfless and courageous as life-boatmen , yet the organisations have different public profiles ! |
| 24 | I often think that perhaps putting the hub of the sails in , more or less in the centre of the picture perhaps , not the best place , but I think because in this case , we 've got a lot of trees down to the bottom here . |
| 25 | They 're people who are pathetic , who are sad , who have had an awful lot of knocks in life and I often think that one of the things that everybody in society could do is actually talk to them a bit more . |
| 26 | And er you know , I often think if er the sheep knew what the farmers were up to they 'd grow teeth would n't they ? |
| 27 | Then , as I often did when I was alone at sea , I began to recite Shakespeare . |
| 28 | When I listened though , as I often did when my curiosity over-ran my actions , he was different from the rest . |
| 29 | I often say that nowhere in our empire — not even in the slums of Calcutta or Bombay — is there worse poverty than is to be found in the shadow of the mother of Parliaments . ’ |
| 30 | I often say that if we thought as much about the English language and teaching it and all that that means as the French do about their language and the Alliance Francaise , we would back the British Council to the hilt . |