Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] of " in BNC.

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1 Syllabuses and those who frame them may talk of ‘ all round education ’ but schools are in no doubt about their curriculum priorities .
2 It is all so much work and nothing may come of it .
3 If I use the expression ‘ I have toothache ’ I may think of it as ‘ being used naturally ’ or otherwise , but it would be wrong to say that I had a reason for thinking either .
4 ‘ And your father — if I may speak of him too — was a man all of us admired … ’
5 ‘ I think I may dream of leprechauns , with blue eyes and raven-black hair .
6 I may talk of experiencing a sly , unpleasant look as a leer , but this is not a matter of some sensation accompanying my seeing the look .
7 As she is mine , I may dispose of her …
8 But I must think of Alida , too , and of her suffering .
9 I must think of him as English and belonging to my sister . ’
10 ‘ You 're a very brave girl ’ said Sir Benson , ‘ and I must think of some way of rewarding you for what you 've done . ’
11 It is he — another person , she told herself , I must think of him as another person .
12 I must think of the future .
13 I must think of some things for him to do , ’ says Elizabeth .
14 Today is for happiness only , and yet I find that I must think of Sarah .
15 I must think of Kat and Albert and Muiler and Tjaden , what will they be doing ? …
16 Nor would it have been possible to ask , nor even to rely on any information which might have been forthcoming , since Amabel , who always retired to bed for the duration of her own " monthly curse " had said nothing more to the point than , " Darling , I must beg of you never to speak of this to anyone , when Gemma at the age of fourteen had first seen evidence of hers .
17 ‘ But I must beg of you , my lord , not to move impulsively .
18 I liked York very much , because it was set round a lake and it was the first one I went to , but I must say of the other modern universities that I know I would say that Sussex was erm was the other best one that I 've been to and the one that I felt most comfortable and happy .
19 This made me feel a quite genuine shame and remorse although — it was as if I was torn into two separate parts both rationally and emotionally — I knew that hurt bewilderment was something I should beware of : he was my enemy who would use any art to outwit me if I could .
20 Not , ’ he added , his voice hardening , ‘ that I should dream of addressing the young scoundrel !
21 If it were not permissible to take account of the Parliamentary history of the relevant legislation and of ministerial statements of its intended effect , I should remain of that opinion . ’
22 If it were not permissible to take account of the Parliamentary history of the relevant legislation and of ministerial statements of its intended effect , I should remain of that opinion .
23 I should think of you for his finger .
24 It may surprise the reader ( who after all is charged with the task of making an important decision ) , that I should talk of my time at university as a happy one and yet still speak of my dominant emotion as fear , but then the worst is yet to come .
25 I should 've of thought there 'd be eight , eight .
26 Oh , I should say of the four science schools on average we 've got maybe thirty or forty titles from each , so that 's about well certainly well over a hundred titles altogether .
27 When the Labour Cabinet , in August 1931 , failed to agree on an economy programme , Ramsay MacDonald , in his own words , ‘ strove hard and took great risks in being responsible for the delay , to keep the Government in , because no National Government of any kind is the sort of thing that I should support of my own free choice . '
28 ‘ I could n't ; I should die of fright , ’ Claudia said , alarmed at the very thought of walking on stage in full view of an audience .
29 For example , I might think of a rather jolly idea for a cover story .
30 I mean I might think of doing something like that , but I 'd never actually dare to do it …
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