Example sentences of "to be [verb] of [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a movie were to be made of her American tour , one would see pages fly from calendars , clock hands spin and headlines slapped one on top of the next . |
| 2 | My Heart bleeds to see the Concern he is in ; and it would be the utmost Satisfaction to me , if I could hope any thing of mine could contribute to his comfortable Subsistence in his old Age : I therefore beg of you to take the Key of my Buroe ; and if any thing is to be made of my poor Papers , that you will , for my sake , endeavour to promote a Subscription for his Benefit , which you so kindly have propos 'd for mine |
| 3 | Moreover , it will be guilty of giving succour , however tacit , to a regime where people continue to be deprived of their democratic rights , to suffer and to be killed , purely on the grounds of the colour of their skin . |
| 4 | The monkeys had to be deprived of their regular food and accustomed to the peanuts for weeks before they would take them with any readiness , let alone treat the nuts as rewards for appropriate behaviour . |
| 5 | In other words , exactly the questions the nation wishes to be asked of its visiting rock stars . |
| 6 | The reels of copper wire will have to be stripped of their insulating casing . |
| 7 | Maeve ordered him to be stripped of his travel-stained jerkin and leggings . |
| 8 | Nor to be reminded of their smouldering resentments against this girl of their of age who was so ‘ lady-like ’ and ‘ nose-in-the-air ’ so that they might feel that she needed to be brought down a peg or two . |
| 9 | If he can be consulted , this should be done , but again full account has to be taken of his then capacity to make up his own mind . |