How do you use Jackanory in a sentence? See 4 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts.
Jackanory in a sentence
Context around Jackanory
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 0 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Jackanory
- In this selection, "jackanory" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, programme, finally and started stand out and add context to how "jackanory" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include hospital and jackanory and jackanory finally finished. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "jackanory" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with jackanory
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
After leaving the show he had minor roles in shows like Desmonds, General Hospital and Jackanory. (16 words)
The 3000th story to be broadcast in the BBC's long-running children's programme Jackanory was The Hobbit, in 1979. (21 words)
Jackanory started in 1965 and Bernard described it as one of the best things he’s ever done, reading more stories than anyone else between then and 1979. (28 words)
Jackanory finally finished in 1996, though CBeebies Bedtime Stories is a thinly-disguised version that has Hollywood heavyweights such as Tom Hardy and Sir Patrick Stewart clamouring to be on. (30 words)
Jackanory started in 1965 and Bernard described it as one of the best things he’s ever done, reading more stories than anyone else between then and 1979. (28 words)
The 3000th story to be broadcast in the BBC's long-running children's programme Jackanory was The Hobbit, in 1979. (21 words)
Example sentences (4)
After leaving the show he had minor roles in shows like Desmonds, General Hospital and Jackanory.
Jackanory finally finished in 1996, though CBeebies Bedtime Stories is a thinly-disguised version that has Hollywood heavyweights such as Tom Hardy and Sir Patrick Stewart clamouring to be on.
Jackanory started in 1965 and Bernard described it as one of the best things he’s ever done, reading more stories than anyone else between then and 1979.
The 3000th story to be broadcast in the BBC's long-running children's programme Jackanory was The Hobbit, in 1979.