Example sentences of "many [noun pl] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did n't happen many times him asking me to club him . |
| 2 | Many times they asked me for them by title . |
| 3 | How many times they get it wrong ! |
| 4 | Her self-esteem is visibly low — no matter how many times we tell her you 're just not worth it . |
| 5 | An Italian scholar has tried to trace their influence on Paul VI by noting how many times he quoted them . |
| 6 | I do n't mind how many times he rings you at the phone box . |
| 7 | I have no exact idea how many times he hit me , but it must surely have been six or more . |
| 8 | How many times you taken it now ? |
| 9 | She was continuously moulting as she grew her feathers , and however many times I hoovered I could never get it all . |
| 10 | The awful , abrupt finality of a man pitching forward , so easily , so arbitrarily terminated — the convenience of it to the killer : they were things to which I could never become habituated , however many times I saw it . |
| 11 | Slightly convex with fleur-de-lys on a shield , the lettering is very ornate but after many hours I read it as AVE MARIA GRAVIA . |
| 12 | And so that this tendency you see for us to see how well our world has been , rather than the depot , and in many cases they do it |
| 13 | And in many cases we realize we do n't . |
| 14 | Went through so many operations he felt he wanted to give something back to the Health Service . |
| 15 | While the silence lengthened , he reflected upon the cruelty of Fate : had he but waited , had he refused to give in to Ann 's pleadings , he might even now be in a position to make Martha his own ; but as things had turned out he was saddled with a wife he did not love and would never love — however many sons she bore him . |
| 16 | Goram said : ‘ Not many people in England believed we could beat Leeds and I do n't suppose there are many Frenchmen who think we can beat Marseille either . |
| 17 | Reverse osmosis units for freshwater fish are all very well , but many fishkeepers who use them are forced to mix the water obtained with raw tapwater before adding it to the tank , simply because they can not afford the expense of a separate carbon filter . |
| 18 | Were it not for the single inconvenient occurrence in the data ( example 22 ) of they as the subject of a singular verb , we could set up an initial list of ‘ invariant ’ environments , which themselves are characteristic of this vernacular system , prior to an investigation of patterns underlying the variability in the many environments which permitted it . |
| 19 | Once again I have attracted the wrath of many supporters who think they know more about football than the eleven ‘ Stiffs ’ they profess to follow . |
| 20 | Its authority is clearly based on Smart 's intimacy with the artist 's work and the many aspects which influenced it social ( highly important in this case ) , artistic and intellectual . |
| 21 | After many months they let me free . |
| 22 | Anyway , the mosque was one of the many subjects he felt it safest to avoid until he had plucked up the courage to go into one . |
| 23 | In many respects she found him an enigma . |
| 24 | The present landlord was all too eager to keep up his predecessor 's reputation in the matter of hollands , and was only too delighted to dispense it to as many Lionisers who requested it . |
| 25 | As a result , more than 70 per cent of the population now have a Current Account and are enjoying the many advantages it gives them — cheques , instant cash , Standing Orders and Direct Debits . |
| 26 | I went out I went out with Peggy er on Wednesday er for meal and she 's been saving Daily Telegraph vouchers and when you got so many vouchers you send them up to the Daily Telegraph , who 's sent them , it 's offers closed now and they send you a thing like a credit card and they send you a list of all the places that you can go to for a half- price meal |
| 27 | He said Alan Winmill is somebody I have known for many years I regard him as a man of intergrity . |
| 28 | Learning hath of late years met with an obstruction in many places which suppresses it from flourishing or increasing … and that is the inquisition upon the press , which prohibits any book from coming forth without an imprimature . |
| 29 | When an RSPCA inspector had asked Mrs Cass how many dogs she had she replied : ‘ I have n't a clue , I think about 90 . ’ |
| 30 | During the First World War a box of matches cost 1d and a matchbox grip 4d : a price just substantial enough to warrant a ‘ Thank you ’ when given free to a pub or grocer 's store customer , and just substantial enough to make money for a stationer or the many charities which sold them . |