Example sentences of "[conj] of [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This commitment grew out of profound emotional changes over which he had no control , and of which he himself perhaps had only an imperfect knowledge . |
| 32 | Charlie 's scrimshaw was particularly beautiful , an art that had taken him years to perfect and of which he was extremely proud . |
| 33 | Smart suffered the isolation which all those afflicted with mental illness suffer , and of which he , in his later poems , Cowper , in his letters and poems , and Clare in his , complain so poignantly . |
| 34 | Matilda 's father had a fine crop of black hair which he parted in the middle and of which he was exceedingly proud . |
| 35 | But as he grew older , and felt the signs of decay in his mortal body , he rejoiced to think that his inner man was being renewed every day , until he should attain that ‘ being at home with the Lord ’ to which his whole Christian life was directed and of which he had been given the Holy Spirit as a guarantee ( 2 Cor. 4 : 16f , 5:1ff , 5,8 ) . |
| 36 | So when he said murder , even that was not sure , but it was going to be a relief to be investigating a crime in which he had no personal connection and of which he could not be suspected . |
| 37 | A country that gave her a cold welcome , in which the To Let signs specified ‘ No Coloureds ’ , and of which she wrote in Second-Class Citizen , ‘ If I had been Jesus I would have passed England by and not dropped a single blessing . ’ |
| 38 | In the late Thirties the Baroness Hila Rebay was busy looking for a name for the new art museum her mentor Solomon R. Guggenheim was about to found and of which she was about to become the first director . |
| 39 | The store was called O'Hara 's , of which Ellie had often heard , mostly from Madame , and of which she had , of course , seen photographs in the newspaper advertisements . |
| 40 | One other quality of timber which bears on marquetry , and of which you should always be aware , is that of texture . |
| 41 | liability beyond the minimum requirements of the Road Traffic Acts , for any motor cycle which belongs to , or is being bought by , you under a hire purchase agreement and of which you have not told us |
| 42 | Because they were overthrown and the others were taken off into captivity into battle life , and what a life they had , the one of slavery , so at that time because they took no note , because they were destiny instructions to Jehovah for his word and again want to see , they had eyes , but they just did n't want to see it they knew , all the whys and wherefores and what the responsibilities were , but they did n't measure up to them and because of that many of them lost their lives , and if they did n't they were taken into captivity , Jeremiah four , in verse twenty two , again another prophecy sent to them exactly over the same message , the same reasons describes to them as being a , er people that is foolish and of me they have taken no notice Jeremiah four and verse twenty two . |
| 43 | It all seemed too important for that : a warning of what was inside us all as human beings and of what we must avoid at all costs . |
| 44 | Alan was well aware of his own gifts and of what they might lead him to become , but I am not sure he entirely welcomed his role as a leader of lesser men . |
| 45 | Both speakers will give an account of their work and of what they would like from a supervisor . |
| 46 | When he 'd gone I lay and thought for a long time about poor young Mr Vickers , and of what I should have told Doone , and had n't . |
| 47 | T. Behrens is considerably baffled by this strange case , by the question of what it was that determined Ursula 's adherence to this programme , and of what it was that caused her to bring to an end her loving friendship with Justin . |
| 48 | If you can understand Berlin then perhaps it is also possible to make some sense of what Europe may now become and of what it means to be a European . |
| 49 | And of what it means to be born into ‘ the struggle ’ : to be expected , without question , to be part of it . |
| 50 | I sat for a while thinking of what I 'd said and of what he 'd told me , and I still could n't believe that any of the people I 'd come to know so well was really a murderer . |
| 51 | Summative , in providing overall evidence of the achievements of a pupil and of what he or she knows , understands and can do ; |
| 52 | There is indeed plenty in print about them , but it is economic , argumentative stuff , mostly condemnatory and lacking in any understanding of what this old world meant to the peasant , and of what he lost by its passing . |
| 53 | It was his conception , his baby , and for it he would tolerate most things , including his suspicion of Trotskyism — whether of the IMG or IS variety — and of what he may have seen as Rowbotham 's ‘ hippy sentimentality ’ . |
| 54 | There 's a good few people around this quarter afraid of you and of what you can do when you open your mouth . |
| 55 | Thus Sir William Trumbull , when he was sent as English ambassador to Paris in 1685 , was told that : You shall constantly correspond with our ministers in other foreign courts , for our better service , and your mutual information and assistance in your respective negotiations ; and you shall also maintain a good correspondence and intercourse with all the other ambassadors , envoys and ministers of princes and states in amity with us , and as far as you can penetrate into the designs of their respective superiors , and of what you can discover of this nature you shall give us a constant account by one of our Principal Secretaries of State . |
| 56 | erm , so that if , if they then go to an appeal er , I was talking to this planning officer and I was saying that I think I 'll consult them , he said I do n't think you 'll need to he said , and of what you 've done so far is pretty good and I can get access to all the letters that have been written in , in objecting into the into the homes |
| 57 | I tested this in three ways : by looking up an article on a subject which I feel I know reasonably well ; by looking up an article on a topic with which I am familiar ; and by looking for information on an area which I have heard about but of which I am largely ignorant . |
| 58 | Indeed , sacrament is the key word because it is a symbol of the reality to which it points but of which it also partakes . |
| 59 | but of what we can not tell , for they come to represent the depths of feeling into which we can not peer . |
| 60 | His voice was pure seduction , drawing her deeper and deeper into the spell of passion , and she shook her head with a desperation born of fear — fear not of him but of what she would do if he continued this heady , drugging assault on her senses . |