Example sentences of "of [noun] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am here partly because I was fortunate enough to have the happiest and healthiest of childhoods and I see it as a very happy obligation to try to do my best to ensure that all over the world it is possible for other children to enjoy something of what I had . |
| 2 | ‘ Captain Montgomery has been reporting the state of progress and I thought you might like to hear it . |
| 3 | I when I see him when I see , George does a lot of housekeeping when I see him clearing the bed I say oh goodness look book . |
| 4 | These lesser varieties are not widely planted , nor do they contribute significantly to the quality and reputation of Champagne as we know it today , but they exist and do possess a certain curiosity value and are therefore dealt with in this chapter . . |
| 5 | And the man had a mouthful of champagne and I thought he was going to have a heart attack . ’ |
| 6 | The only sounds in the room were the scratching of his pen-nib as he made each entry , and the chink of coins as he counted them out of the cash box — and the heavy breathing of Marcus Judge , who sat at the other side of the desk , his eyes fixed upon his son . |
| 7 | Occasionally , he took his hand off the gear lever and reached out for hers , and sometimes he glanced towards her with a look so full of tenderness that she felt she could weep for joy . |
| 8 | End of story as I see it . |
| 9 | The reality of this ignorance was brought home to me one lunchtime when a fellow patient , learning of my condition , asked with a look of horror whether I thought he had cancer . |
| 10 | The dominating size and aggressive shape of Sandweg church reminded Miss Danziger that it had played as great a part in the physical defence of the island as in its spiritual well-being ; but , although its size and shape were awesome at a distance , the church became increasingly a place of sanctuary as she neared it . |
| 11 | Photovideo : An Exploration , 12 photographers and video makers from Britain and abroad investigate new electronic technology and ask if this is the end of photography as we know it , or merely the next chapter ? ( until 29 Feb ) . |
| 12 | ‘ Hopefully the fact that a local firm is sponsoring the event will bring me a bit of luck but I think it will certainly help the game 's image in Merseyside . |
| 13 | ‘ It brought me a lot of luck and I hope it brings her just as much . ’ |
| 14 | And in this sense , when we liberate South Africa we will also create , we hope a state in the world which will become foremost in fighting racism all over the world and at the lower level our community based organizations our non-governmental organizations that have across colour built up structures to move communities forward if our friends in Eastern Europe and elsewhere could see how that is done at grass roots level in the hell of racism as I say they would have a lot to learn . |
| 15 | Ken Clarke was my minister of roads and I remember him coming back on more than one occasion with steam coming out of his ears . |
| 16 | Now , what are the mechanisms of defence and what have they got to do with the ego ? |
| 17 | so I had a lot of contacts and I enjoyed it . |
| 18 | You must n't use modern things on them or it 'll really wrock them irreparably and you 've done four thousand pounds worth of damage before you know it . |
| 19 | His family claim he was badly concussed and the RAF were guilty of negligence when they allowed him to make the second jump . |
| 20 | We never sold anything of course but it gave me a sort of status plus it was a very interesting time to be around the art world . |
| 21 | He ca n't see me of course but it makes me feel funny . |
| 22 | the staff somewhere and we , we came in here and of course most of the people eventually had families and er they moved out to bigger accommodation as their families grew up , you know , er , we were very pleased to get the house of course because we 'd we 'd lived in this Nissan hut for er either one or two years but it did |
| 23 | the trees were racing down the river , the river was running oh they were huge , then of course when it subsides you 've got a build up of trees , that 's left , you know left on the , where they 've blocked |
| 24 | Oh yes , and of course when you have it for two days you ca n't actually guard your language all the time |
| 25 | The strangest of stories ( And of course when I told her that , she just threw me out of the house , my own Mother … well , Goodnight Mother , I can tell you ) were treated as entirely credible . |
| 26 | Yes a row of houses and of course when I saw I looked out the door and there was this plane swooping down like that and it seemed so low because they were aiming an and the bomb fell in the cattle market and , and I threw myself on to the stone floor , you see , and er and presently one of the ambulance men came round to my office door and he said , are you alright ? |
| 27 | Of course when I run it , he can also see what I 'm putting on — chorus , overdrive , top boost … |
| 28 | No he said , and I went over and I picked him up anyway , and sat him on , I sat him on my knee and I said we 'll just do some rhymes and I could feel him sort of going mm , mm , mm , like they do all pathetic and whiny , anyway Phyllis arrived and afterwards it was , by then he had calmed down and he was fine and I said wan na read the story now cos he missed it of course when he decided he could n't do without his car , so I said next week perhaps come without your car , I think I 'd won him over by the end but , it was a bit hairy . |
| 29 | People can ‘ change their luck ’ , and can in a way say ‘ No ’ to divine Providence , though of course if they do they have to stand by the consequences of their decision . |
| 30 | of course if she told me as soon as she 'd done it |