Example sentences of "of [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The counterfoil is a record of me casting my vote and forms part of the calculation of the number of votes cast . |
| 2 | Pretty silly of me to give you a false name , but I have n't much experience of — of — ‘ |
| 3 | Not for want of me trying . |
| 4 | I watched a girl in front of me trying to hop from one patch to another so as to avoid ducking the two strips of leather somebody had sold her as shoes . |
| 5 | we will pay them for a start , that 's that 's the that 's the trouble with a lot other companies and er it would n't be professional of me to mention names , but let me tell you that er that 's one thing we do make sure that people erm get their money when when they 've earned it . |
| 6 | As a businessman , it would be foolhardy of me to pour my own money nilly-willy into the club and so I am constantly on the look-out for companies willing to risk investing in a lowly but forward-looking team . |
| 7 | It would be folly to pretend that at least part of me does n't love independence or that very independent women make the most adaptable of wives . |
| 8 | But would have had to add , A part of me does . |
| 9 | Joe paused , contemplating the idea of me sealing my fate with such obvious enthusiasm . |
| 10 | ‘ Well ma'am , there 's some scraps of food left over and … it 's bold of me to say so … but if it was going to be wasted I know my cousins would feel the benefit . |
| 11 | But Coppell does not want a public slanging match , saying : ‘ People do n't know what the relationship is like , and it would be incorrect of me to say anything else . |
| 12 | ‘ But it would be indiscreet of me to say any more . ’ |
| 13 | Well it would be irresponsive of me to say there 's a lesson for you in that ! |
| 14 | ‘ It would be foolishly modest of me to say they will not be disappointed at all , ’ said Antony , ‘ but they are both very understanding . |
| 15 | I decided it was unfair of me to say anything , and that if you wanted the trip so badly you probably did n't want me . |
| 16 | Current Government policies seek to tackle the problem , and it would be churlish of me to say that the Government are not trying to come to terms with the unemployment problem . |
| 17 | ‘ It is n't very gallant of me to say so , ’ he added , softly kissing her fingertips , ‘ but the fact is , Marissa had decided that she wanted to be the second Mrs Wyndham — while I , my darling , was only interested in the first . ’ |
| 18 | At the time I was of the same colouring ( there 's a portrait of me hanging at Burpham ) . |
| 19 | He does n't approve of me staying here at all . " |
| 20 | I 'm not leaving you here all alone , so it 's a case of you either coming with me , or of me staying here for the rest of the night and neither of us getting any rest . |
| 21 | Getting rid of me had proved too much for him and he was now trying to force through a muddled compromise . |
| 22 | She must have sensed that one day I would be leaving her again , and that nearly broke my heart , knowing the sadness she must feel all too well in my experiences with lovers who never stayed long but left me feeling as if part of me had been torn from my body . |
| 23 | Like everyone else , I 'd come to Hawaii for the waves , but some clandestine part of me had been plotting all along to make love on the beach beneath a palm tree . |
| 24 | I feel as if a bit of me had been chopped off . |
| 25 | There was one point during my test when I was driving along and erm the I was creeping forward in a stream of traffic and the person in front of me had crossed the solid white line at some traffic lights and the lights changed and it would have been very easy to follow his lights and just carry on |
| 26 | That part of me feels negative and trodden over , wiped out . |
| 27 | Part of me feels sorry for him , despite what he tried to do , what he did do . |
| 28 | ‘ Part of me hates him , ’ he admitted , ‘ and the other part of me hates myself for feeling jealous of such a fantastic guy . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Part of me hates him , ’ he admitted , ‘ and the other part of me hates myself for feeling jealous of such a fantastic guy . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Well , if you must know , I think it 's because he just does n't like the idea of me leaving him . |