Example sentences of "of [noun prp] [pron] [adv] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Christabel From the women of Tallahassee Who truly honour you Who keep your memory green And continue your work ‘ The stones I shaped endure . ’ |
| 2 | They all guffawed at that , with the exception of Maggie who nevertheless found it funny . |
| 3 | This is particularly true of Gertrude who only wants her son to be happy , but her cheerfulness and pleadings with Hamlet only make the situation worse . |
| 4 | And in the vast wilderness of Kazakhstan he finally saw his missing sparrow . |
| 5 | UK groups , such as Crown Communications — parent of LBC which yesterday sold its 12 per cent stake in Chiltern — are already forging Continental links . |
| 6 | In so far as the anchoress is seeking Christ lost in the soul , she is like the disciples in the boat on the sea of Galilee lost in the storm ( Matthew 13:44 ) who woke the sleeping Jesus to save them from destruction : But underlying the cry of the anchoress is the constant calling of God which alone enables her cry : " oure lord and all whilk wilen herken to hym ( 50.323a. – 122 ) . |
| 7 | What circumcision was to men of faith under the old covenant , assuring them that they belonged to Yahweh , so baptism is to the Christian ; and Colossians 2:11 , 12 brings the two ordinances together round the cross of Christ which alone gives them meaning . |
| 8 | After the Conquest the village and manor was given by William I to the lord of Holderness who later bestowed it on the newly founded Thornton Abbey , in Lincolnshire . |
| 9 | Whereas things appeared stable in Britain at that time , overseas there existed events of change — in Italy there existed no unity and much of the land was occupied by the forces of Austria , but they were removed and in 1833 , a united Italy was advocated under Papal rule , but that proved not to be successful and it would be some years before Garibaldi was able to form the Italian National Association for the Unification of Italy which only achieved its objective in 1871 . |
| 10 | Innocent had misjudged the character of Otto , as he later admitted in a letter to Philip Augustus : " If only , dearest son , I had known the character of Otto who now calls himself Emperor , as well as you … |
| 11 | In South Africa , little rock mice collect nectar from — and pollinate — some species of Protea which obligingly bear their flowers close to the ground and facing downwards . |