Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] of [v-ing] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will produce any memoranda or books held by him and , above all , the manuscript he was so fond of studying with its doggerel verses which drew him and others into the blackest treason . ’ |
| 2 | If , however , your parent is so seriously ill physically or mentally that she is no longer capable of dealing with her own financial affairs at any level , arrangements can be made by her solicitor for these to be dealt with by a government department known as the Court of Protection , and you should discuss this matter with the solicitor . |
| 3 | It must have been clear to the Prussian government that if it had not been for government subsidy the Junker estates would have collapsed under their own weight long ago , but they were nevertheless incapable of striking at what they saw to be the basis and guarantor of their state and society . |
| 4 | On the other hand , an unmuzzled ferret is more capable of looking after itself underground and the most powerful rats present few problems the ferret can not master . |
| 5 | A fair city , something dishevelled after uneasy times , and hampered and straitened now -by the loss of the thriving Welsh trade which was half its life , but still capable of living on its own fat for some while yet , and still hard to take and invaluable to hold . |
| 6 | They parried before she admitted her father 's list had been missing since the day before his death , and he had believed Mona Washbrooke had stolen it and was also guilty of going through his papers . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , said Perkins , Burscough are also capable of losing to anybody ! |
| 8 | I 'm perfectly capable of existing without him , you know . ’ |
| 9 | I 'm perfectly capable of looking after myself . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Please do n't fuss , Anne , I 'm perfectly capable of looking after myself . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ She 's getting on for twenty-one years old , and perfectly capable of looking after herself . ’ |
| 12 | She says many youngsters who 've been brought up in care are often incapable of looking after themselves when they leave . |
| 13 | I am even scared of bumping into him in the street . |
| 14 | Indeed they had spent most of their time reassuring each other that , despite all my obvious failings , I was almost capable of looking after myself — under their joint and several supervision . |
| 15 | Further , market counterparties receive still less protection as they are regarded as fully capable of looking after their own interests and understanding the risks inherent in what they do . |
| 16 | those employed in senior management may by the nature of their jobs be fully aware of what is required of them and fully capable of judging for themselves whether they are achieving that requirement . |
| 17 | As I said last week , he c he er made it appear to the British that he s sought to control the channel ports and with a large navy was then capable of interfering with our trade and in in indeed mounting an invasion , and that brought Britain into a war which could not be ended until the Germans sued for surrender and vice versa . |
| 18 | She consistently refused any offers of help with cooking and cleaning or transport to the hospital , maintaining that she was quite capable of managing for herself . |
| 19 | I 'm quite capable of looking after myself and I do n't need you to tell me how . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I appreciate your concern , but I 'm quite capable of looking after myself , you know . ’ |
| 21 | However good our schools , there will emerge from them some people , quite capable of looking after themselves and of having a simple job , whose reading age will never be more than 8 or 9 . |
| 22 | ‘ Are quite capable of looking after themselves . |
| 23 | Large billy goats alone may be quite capable of looking after themselves . |
| 24 | ‘ And here we two are , ’ Fernando said on a sigh , ‘ wasting breath over two adults who are quite capable of looking after themselves . ’ |
| 25 | But every time she mentioned them to Fernando he assured her they were quite capable of looking after themselves and promptly closed the subject . |
| 26 | He served his time at sea , is quite capable of looking after himself , and apparently prefers it that way . |
| 27 | ‘ My daughter is twenty-eight , you know , quite capable of looking after herself without her parents breathing down her neck all the time . ’ |
| 28 | Quite capable of looking after herself . |
| 29 | I 'm quite capable of deputizing for my husband . |
| 30 | I am a 66-year-old pensioner and quite capable of deciding for myself what is suitable to see . |