Example sentences of "of [pers pn] [conj] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I say , for the most part the money is not paid by the likes of me or of the hon. Gentleman ; it is paid out of the wages of people who never get beyond the basic rate of tax paying . |
| 2 | In actually physically up dating anything , I would suggest that at this point that Simon does n't do of them until after the next meeting when we have got all the other 's together as well because again they may attach things , just that you 've got your information and know what 's been decided and do the whole lot after the next meeting . |
| 3 | That they never bore fruit was due as much to Bolshevik neglect of them as to the eventual insistence from above on the abolition of the private farms . |
| 4 | On one side were rows and rows of furrowed earth with tufts of green leaves sticking out of them and on the other , far side , stood a large cluster of trees dripping with apples and pears . |
| 5 | As a consequence of these and other disasters , of rapid and world-wide broadcasting of them and of the concerned action of many individuals , the environment is now ‘ moving fast up the political agenda ’ ( Patten 1989 ) . |
| 6 | They rode silently and watchfully , aware all the time of the footprints of the Friar ahead of them and of the silent menace of the trees on either hand . |
| 7 | Until a few weeks ago she had been scarcely aware of him except as a friendly and familiar face in class ; but now , now she was very much aware of him — and he was very definitely aware of her ; much to Erika 's embarrassment sitting with her and Rosa at lunch , at the next desk in class , asking her out to the cinema and even , to Erika 's amazement and , she suspected , his own , offering to help Paul with his homework — in the Nordern home , that is — an offer declined both by Erika and Paul , although Paul did corner Fritz in school and suggest to him that if he actually did the homework then he , Paul , would further his , Fritz 's , courtship of Erika ; Paul being shrewd enough to guess the motive behind Fritz 's philanthropic gesture even though the square on the hypotenuse might remain a mystery to him . |
| 8 | The boat was blown to glory , nothing was ever found of it except for a few bits of debris , and to all intents and purposes both occupants were blown to glory with it . ’ |
| 9 | 13–1–1877 Christmas passed off here very quietly , little notice being taken of it except by the few English residents amongst us . |
| 10 | Con seemed oblivious of it but in the enclosed space I found it overpowering . |
| 11 | The only problem is that we are not doing enough of it and in the right way . |
| 12 | We shot another 74 and we were as glad of it as in the first round . |
| 13 | Now I suppose for most of us because of the very fact were here this morning they have been few and far between such experiences , perhaps what is more common is that we may have spent time with someone who was dying , their last few hours , their last few minutes , and if they were not unconscious I wonder what sort of conversation would be going on between us and them , what sort of things would we , would we of been saying , what would we be asking us , well in this passage that we have been reading we have just such a conversation , two men who are on the verge of death , death can only be hours away for both of them , and here they have this conversation , it was in that sense it was one of the strangest interviews any body ever had with Jesus not only is the , the account here of er a death bed conversion , but the one who is saving is also in the process of dying . |