Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [subord] [noun prp] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 've turned into some sort of monster since Suzanna left you , ’ he said shortly . |
| 2 | He pressed his mouth down on hers and kissed her long and hard and without any kind of finesse until Robyn felt she 'd throw up if she had to endure the taste of him any longer . |
| 3 | Anne was stamping her feet to keep warm and showing every sign of impatience when Joan joined her . |
| 4 | De Lorenzo 's move follows a decision by his Liberal party to retract earlier threats to pull out of government unless Amato gave him public support . |
| 5 | But such distortions are , at least partly , social in origin ; the mechanism of superstition as Bacon describes it , involves a tendency to accept those propositions that have been laid down and established through social recognition and approval . |
| 6 | But Chapman doubts Forest can ever achieve the same level of success when Clough calls it a day , and he likens their position to the massive void left behind when Don Revie quit Leeds 18 years ago . |
| 7 | On May 29 de Klerk postponed a scheduled visit to the USA , thereby avoiding the likelihood of controversy if Bush saw him before seeing Mandela . |
| 8 | When Helen paused , he cannoned into her and she turned , offering a startled apology that turned into a cry of alarm as Goldman shoved her to one side . |
| 9 | It brought forth a flood of French until Jenna stopped it with a rather desperate admission that she did not speak the language . |
| 10 | It is surprising to hear that Mill does n't hold this view that he thinks that erm the moral health of the citizens is of concern to the government and it actually gives , although he does n't seem to recognize this , this gives a hostage to fortune to his conservative critics because of course they can say , did say that liberalism was very damaging of er morality of the public and so we need a far more restrictive type of regime than Mill allows us . |
| 11 | Such differentiation of detail as Adorno recognizes he explains as ‘ pseudo-individualization ’ . |
| 12 | She yanked her seatbelt free then gave a squeak of protest as Penry pulled her into his arms to kiss her with a ferocity she fought against at first . |