Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [verb] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was during those months of waiting that she felt in her heart that her husband was once again seeing Camilla . |
| 2 | It is a modest mark of our gratitude to those with gifts and skills of writing that we make this increase to the Public Lending Right … ’ |
| 3 | The Russian Girl by Kingsley Amis Hutchinson , £14.99 SOME writers show signs of mellowing when they reach 70 , but Kingsley Amis is not one of them . |
| 4 | I think its because erm I do n't , I 'm not happy with mine because it it shows signs of ageing and it reminds me that I 'm getting older and I do n't like that |
| 5 | Because of the many hours of sitting that we do , we lose the ability to squat or even the ability to sit down without falling down . |
| 6 | The palaces of meaning that she built with Friend in the endless night inside her — what were they for ? |
| 7 | He did eighty-two years of caddying and I think he was perhaps the oldest caddie still working before he finally packed it in . |
| 8 | ‘ But assuming that the Queen 's health continues to be good , Prince Charles will be well into middle age himself , and will be very aware that history could repeat itself if he puts William through all those ghastly years of waiting that he has gone through . |
| 9 | Careful pre-test counselling is essential so that you understand all the advantages and disadvantages of knowing if you have HIV , and can make your own informed decisions about whether to continue with your pregnancy . |
| 10 | The evening breeze also brought the sounds of singing and he recognised the lusty bellowing of Ranulf . |
| 11 | The clay tablets of the Knossos temple archive record such large quantities of produce that it seems as if the temple was at the very centre of the organization of the Minoan economy . |
| 12 | At the 18th there were two yards of borrow and I said : ‘ How far right , Willie ? ’ |
| 13 | In my retelling of the Divine Drama I have made use of primitive mythological ways of speaking because I do not believe that we have a better language that is available to us when it comes to understanding God 's revelation as story — as the great epic of salvation . |
| 14 | Its urgent overall rhythm commands the choreographer to keep the dancers moving forever onwards with greater intensity to the climax , whilst the shorter phrase rhythms give the Chosen Maiden and smaller groups such ways of moving that they hold the audience 's full attention until the fall of the curtain . |
| 15 | So good ways of checking that you got it right , and then you can go on comfortably with , let's have a look at erm this time you 're buying a block of gold , er |
| 16 | there are ways of doing that they do n't do that , you know there 's a thing I |
| 17 | " A more thorough understanding of how teachers can evolve new ways of working as they move from tacit knowledge to practical principles will also contribute to making in-service education more effective . " |
| 18 | Noah 's faith was persistent ; through the taunts of unbelievers as he worked ; through the rainstorm ; through the tragedy of knowing that men and women were dying in the flood ; through the long days and nights waiting for the next stage , as the waters went down . |