Example sentences of "of [noun pl] i [vb past] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had mentioned the unquantifiable public relationships which could be generated during a secondment and argued for the intangible value of the many hundreds of contacts I had made which could not easily be costed in purely fiscal terms . |
| 2 | What was more , the couple of times I had rung my antenatal teacher for reassurance in late pregnancy after a brief stay in hospital had been free too . |
| 3 | I was carried away by his reminiscences and anecdotes , his observations on natural history and his descriptions of places I had visited myself . |
| 4 | ‘ So I thought bugger this for a lark and got rid of them , and the next couple of days I tried to ring you , but … ’ |
| 5 | She smiled and waved the formidable list of requirements I had helped her prepare . |