Example sentences of "[pron] often [vb past] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , I often studied that face covertly ! |
| 2 | As a struggling poet in the late twentieth century , I often thought that some early poets achieved publication very easily . |
| 3 | She called it desertion and I often suspected that there was another man . ’ |
| 4 | Although , as Beaumanoir stated at this time , the magnates were ‘ sovereigns within their baronies ’ , they were supposed to execute the crown 's ordinances — which often meant that they anticipated royal legislation by legislating in their own name for their own domains . |
| 5 | She often felt that she had let him down . |
| 6 | She often felt that people were watching her . |
| 7 | Although she often maintained that it was her own choice not to attend , she told an American interviewer , I would love to go to board meetings where he [ Bernard ] is chairman but I 'm not invited . |
| 8 | She had lived in the States for several years but she still retained her British accent , though she often maintained that she loathed England and would never return to it . |
| 9 | This was particularly true of people who had close knit kin networks , who were unlikely to use individual kin as close confidants , and who often said that there were certain kin — usually parents — whom they would definitely not consult ( ibid . |
| 10 | His key targets were writers such as Truman , who often suggested that when any group of people shares a common interest they will automatically or normally be able to organize themselves to achieve common goals : ‘ no group , no important common interest ’ . |
| 11 | Final scores were much lower on both tests , and they often indicated that symptoms were no longer clinically significant . |
| 12 | He often said that religious fasts were bad for the health , and ate in moderation at all times . |
| 13 | He often said that he never really wanted to be a dancer , and his only purpose was to acquire the knowledge of dancing necessary to become a choreographer . |
| 14 | But he often said that he owed as much to Oscar Browning [ q.v. ] , who had to get his Baptist parents ' permission to take him to the theatre . |
| 15 | In an obituary , Seamus Heaney wrote , ‘ There was about him a delicate wildness , and he often thought that the hare , about which he had gathered so many entrancing stories , was his proper , total animal . |
| 16 | If the Federation took up a case , it often meant that the worker in question was dismissed on some pretext , accused of robbery for example . |
| 17 | If a comrade paused to lend a hand , it often meant that two would drown instead of one . |
| 18 | In the past , it often seemed that the fines were too small to be effective — the maximum fine a magistrates court can impose is £2,000 . |
| 19 | Before I met Maureen , it often seemed that for someone like myself , who was and is very interested in learning about all aspects of bird life , there was nowhere to go except libraries . |
| 20 | In the 1980S , as the communications industries multiplied and expanded , and the number of policy-actors and centres of decision ( local and regional as well as national ( proliferated , it often appeared that the right hand did not know what the left was doing . |