Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [pron] be [num] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course there were twelve of us . |
| 2 | They 're a mile from the nearest road and accessible only by foot , unless of course you 're one of the thousands of seabirds wheeling and jostling for a place on the rocky ledges . |
| 3 | it to pieces and , see if he can , of course it 's one of them that you ca n't put back together , like |
| 4 | Of course it was one of their earliest records but I should have realised that they were different . |
| 5 | It is of interest to note that in seeking to systematize referral procedures Owen has begun to undermine the principle of flexibility which was one of the advantages such provision was thought to have over special schools . |
| 6 | Just like every other field of angling there are thousands of floats to choose from . |
| 7 | The two can occur just by themselves , in a compound represented chemically as silicon dioxide ; this is silica , and in the form of quartz it is one of the commonest rock-forming minerals in the world . |