Example sentences of "i [vb past] [prep] many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I lived for many years in the north of England . |
| 2 | Good Friday is about punks at Hastings , where I lived for many years , seen feeding a hot-cross bun to pigeons . |
| 3 | I believed for many years that I could move towards the future and leave the past behind , that there was no need for me to return home . |
| 4 | I walked through many galleries in London and did n't see a single one . |
| 5 | I walked through many galleries in London and did n't see a single one . |
| 6 | Is the Minister aware that , before I came to this place , I served for many years on a local authority as chairman of the environmental health committee , which had a wonderful section for meat inspection ? |
| 7 | Panerai , as you say , I worked with many times . |
| 8 | As a young man I listened to many yarns spun by such men as Billican Geary , Treacle Mills , and little Sparrow Martin , who had an insatiable appetite for apple pudding and who years ago as a young man dived off Rochester Bridge for a bet . |
| 9 | I listened to many tales of powerlessness , of personal degradation , hopelessness and unhappiness . |
| 10 | I spoke with many students during this period from several major universities and the majority were sympathetic to the poster campaign . |
| 11 | Before I was elected to the House , I worked as a solicitor in a law centre in Leicester where I dealt with many immigration cases . |
| 12 | I had for many years had this feeling about myself-that I looked like that — not literally , but in an inner way I felt I did . |
| 13 | I had for many months loved her from afar . |
| 14 | Subsequently I travelled to many parts of Britain and met over thirty girls , mainly in their homes with their children . |
| 15 | The group who came with me had in many cases exercised certain spiritual gifts in public worship and our going was a challenge to others to grow into these areas . |