Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] be often [adv] " 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 | And they are often low compared with the true costs of using road space . |
| 3 | Some folk theories of sport have achieved a myth-like status , and they are often seriously entertained and elaborated upon by those in sport . |
| 4 | The early sociologists were greatly influenced by the changes in patterns of life which they saw going on around them as industrialisation proceeded , and they were often deeply disturbed by what they saw . |
| 5 | He spent a great deal of time on the telephone and he was often out of the house on various missions , not returning until late at night . |
| 6 | That satisfies my sexual need which is actually stronger than some of my friends , and it 's often enough to take the edge off him . |
| 7 | In drama there is rarely a single right answer , and it 's often more appropriate to phrase questions so that it is the teacher who does not know , the children who do the clarification : |
| 8 | ‘ One of the partners dies and it 's often very difficult for the one left alone with the big garden , particularly if they do n't drive . ’ |
| 9 | Sometimes this person is slow in coming forward but she is often quite right , these jumpers do sell in the end . |
| 10 | But they are often pretty mean about it . |
| 11 | Superficially , there are other signs of Japaneseness — but they are often more ‘ Japanese ’ than many factories in Japan itself . |
| 12 | For many a stay in hospital is in appropriate but they are often too weak or ill to care for themselves properly . |
| 13 | We can rationalise and fight our way out , but they are often deeply hurt . |
| 14 | So we developed simple tests to overcome some of the difficulties , but they were often not very ‘ relevant ’ . |
| 15 | Sergeev and Mishakov won heaps of line-out possession but they were often poorly supported at the set-pieces by the rest of the pack , while Tikhonov was a forceful No.8 . |
| 16 | The custard-skin type of surface is not as common as the rubbly type , but it is often particularly well-developed on oceanic volcanoes , and especially on the Hawaiian islands . |
| 17 | Many of the routine social situations we find ourselves in are clearly rule-governed , but it is often extremely difficult to specify exactly what the rules are or what are the potential breaches of the rules . |
| 18 | We can do the work by using photographs or drawings initially , but it 's often more exciting for the children to make the images themselves , perhaps later drawing what they have done in comic strip form , making their own comic based on the story that 's been created in the drama . |
| 19 | Heavy Wealden clay made wet-weather travel an unenviable experience , but it was often little worse than much of the rest of England . |