Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [vb past] [pron] of [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The organization claimed membership from all parts of the South , and its membership contained education specialists , lawyers , people from the media , and civil servants , at least one of whom knew something of the existing channels of power and communication between church and state in the national school system . |
| 2 | The scene before me reminded me of the very similar scenes in the Highland crofts , the only difference being the now almost overpowering smell of onions . |
| 3 | Having noticed the hills were well defended to the north , this in itself became something of a challenge , and on my Groats End Walk , having met a friend off the train at Achanalt , we followed the only practical tracks south from there , which skirted out peaks on their east flanks . |
| 4 | ‘ Those words , read literally , might be taken to indicate that the order for possession in itself deprived him of the protection of the Act . |
| 5 | But from the tall , hawk-faced man beside her came nothing of the subtle serenity she hoped for , only a sense of controlled power that dispersed when he said prosaically , ‘ I 'm sorry , did I kick your ankle ? |