Example sentences of "[be] [pron] habit of [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another part of Colette 's method of making round , making substantial , is her habit of moving backwards and forwards , towards and away from the object . |
| 2 | Gone is their habit of rounding off the edges — The Tambourines now make them as jagged as possible ; aggressive , articulate and brain blastingly loud . |
| 3 | Gone is their habit of rounding off the edges — The Tambourines now make them as jagged as possible ; aggressive , articulate and brain blastingly loud . |
| 4 | He also seems to this reviewer to accept too readily the authenticity of certain pieces ( most notably no. 27 , Imitator of Desiderio da Settignano , Virgin and Child ) , and a maddening feature is his habit of quoting inventory numbers rather than published sources for comparable pieces in other museums , which gives the impression that these comparanda have not been published . |
| 5 | The only reason affluent Victorians did not physically explode like Henry VIII ( after he was dead , naturally ) was their habit of heaping the dinner table with exotic greenery . |
| 6 | Less comforting for the chicks was her habit of scratching violently backwards with one foot after the other , which often sent the babies hurtling out of the way like fluffy ping-pong balls . |
| 7 | One reason why John 's air-taxi service was less than successful was his habit of pretending not to know how to fly the plane or , worse , pretending to have forgotten how to land it once he had succeeded in becoming airborne . |
| 8 | Less dramatic but far commoner was his habit of inserting a prohibition on religious houses trying cases of arson , rape , murder , and theft . |
| 9 | For Alexander found that the cause of his hoarseness was his habit of pulling his head back stiffly when he spoke , thus depressing the larynx . |
| 10 | Another characteristic was his habit of prodding people . |