Example sentences of "[noun prp] [pron] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The role gave Dustin plenty of scope to demonstrate his versatility , even allowing him to warble a few songs , including a vaudeville fish ditty , and to dance with beer cans strapped to the soles of his feet . |
| 2 | Amused by her burgeoning vanity , she dawdled over the unpacking to give Mrs Wallington plenty of unencumbered time with her son . |
| 3 | Yes , this , this kind of thing happens to people who 've been in traumatic situations , like erm er prisoner of war camps , severe accidents and stuff like that , and Freud himself of course saw quite a lot of these cases after the First World War . |
| 4 | We had navigated the 10-minute ritual of telling Peggy Sue which of the nine alternative piscatorial preparations we preferred ; coffee and iced water were in place ; salad and Thousand Island on the way . |
| 5 | incidentally er Jim which of the areas was of particular you know interest to you . |
| 6 | She gave Eva plenty of scope to prepare her mind for the whole matter of the interpretation of the gospel in Africa , and how to make the good news relevant in a non-Christian environment . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , no , you would n't — Austria has much beauty — big cakes — big lakes — England none of these things . |
| 8 | And then the er Stevenson which of course the famous light one of the famous lighthouse engineers . |
| 9 | Talking of Lester Piggott he of course was the winner of the first ever Channel Four personality of the year trophy which we awarded for the first time last year . |
| 10 | Bernadette 's tearful sister Rosie , who had flown in from Germany , said : ‘ All the relatives are giving Farrah lots of hugs and kisses . |
| 11 | Q. Which of our businesses benefit from the stronger dollar ? |
| 12 | In the early 1780s Viennese society had not yet been drained of financial resources by the long and debilitating war against the Turks , and every aristocrat of note supported some kind of musical establishment , offering a performer such as Mozart plenty of opportunity to give concerts and play at salons . |
| 13 | It 's the thought that counts … and when it comes to aid for the beleaguered people of Dubrovnik plenty of thoughts count for a lot . |
| 14 | They could n't understand it at the time , and nor could I. None of us has any religious sense , there were n't any fundamentalist kinsmen to pacify : the absence of a fellow in a frilly white frock would n't have led to the suppuku of disinheritance . |
| 15 | So in West Cumbria none of the £5m ( $8.5m ) of ERDF money allocated over the three years has been spent . |
| 16 | The Directive gave the UK something of a ‘ soft landing ’ , with only a 20 per cent cut on 1980 emissions required by 1993 , and just 60 per cent by 2003 . |
| 17 | Confest her of no mortal Race : |
| 18 | It is interesting to note that when John Major reshuffled his Cabinet and appointed Timothy Renton as Arts Minister , The Sunday Times reported that the creme de la creme of the art world heaved a sigh of relief — thank God someone of ‘ our sort ’ , instead of that grammar school boy David Mellor . |
| 19 | This volume was thus very largely taken up with an exposition of the doctrine of the Trinity , not as a second-order theological construction , but as sketching the basis within God himself of the possibility and actuality of his making of himself known to us in jesus Christ . |
| 20 | He started accusing everyone from Sam Gristy to Jan Treffry himself of meddling with his fish barrels , and insisted on one of Sam 's barrels being opened as well ; but when it was found to be brim full Martha told him in plain terms that as far as she was concerned , he had lost the contest . |
| 21 | Er senior nursing officer at Hospital Holbeach which of course is now closed . |
| 22 | The judges handed the Tobacco Institute of Australia something of a pyrrhic victory when they said they would set aside Justice Morling 's injunction on the further publication of the advertisement on the legalistic basis that the Tobacco Institute of Australia had previously indicated to the Australian Federation of Consumer Organisations that it would not republish the advertisement anyway . |
| 23 | Perhaps he had glimpsed in Mary something of his own daughter , Fanny . |
| 24 | Riven sat beside her and took her hand whilst Finnan introduced the company and told Phrynius something of what had befallen them . |
| 25 | She was never told by the London office or by Mary herself of the important part that Miss Read had played in the Tiller story . |
| 26 | Surprisingly , he told Theo nothing of this drama until the late autumn , when he wrote that ‘ perhaps you know about it already and it is no news to you ’ . |
| 27 | The performances in Oxford itself of this summer 's season of theâtre de chambre will take place in the Debating Chamber of the Oxford Union , often used as a theatre , well-known to television viewers and famous as a training-ground for many of this country 's members of Parliament , including a number of Prime Ministers , as well as for the addresses there by statesmen from all over the world . |
| 28 | He had told Amy none of this but would have happily confided had she shown the least interest . |
| 29 | Several other traits make Darras something of an outsider , set apart from French cultural orthodoxy . |
| 30 | John told Anne something of the abuse he had suffered . |