Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [noun] of [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we are too old to force our limbs up the crags and are ready to regale our grandchildren with tales of derring-do it will be the epics which have them on the edge of their seats . |
| 2 | So one of the best ways to sort of get it fixed in your mind , is try it with something . |
| 3 | The shortage of labour forced the landowners to change their methods of exploiting their estates , most obviously in the abandonment of direct cultivation of the demesne by the lord 's paid men in favour of leasing it out for a cash rent . |
| 4 | and begin the process and then allow the peasants to kind of take it over , to become involved , to become vocal and to become activated . |
| 5 | This was most evident on the wide plains of the south-western United States and several parts of South America , where cattle multiplied virtually without human effort , herded by gauchos , llaneros , vaqueros and cowboys , and called loudly to all profit-minded citizens for means of converting it into money . |