Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [indef pn] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could wank each other off — dry or using lots of lube — or press , rub and slap your dick against his dick , buns , face , chest , thighs … |
| 2 | Of course , it is natural to examine a text in the light of what we know of ambient domains — its author , the period in which it was written , and so on — and to regard it as exemplifying or representing something of more general interest . |
| 3 | It would have been better if we could have come at the weekend & seen something of the family , but Richard had long-standing plans involving friends of his who could only come ( from Macclesfield ) on Saturday . |
| 4 | Nor can a single moment be cited when Poland , even if only in comparison with Russia , has successfully represented progress or done anything of historical significance . |
| 5 | Nothing has changed ; he need n't think it has ; I do n't want to hear or see anything of him or his father — ever . |
| 6 | They swop over from one state ( usually over-eating or having lots of high-sugar , high-fat foods ) to another , quite separate , diet state ( under-eating , with little fat or sugar ) . |
| 7 | If you do not make a will , your partner has no right to look after your affairs or to inherit anything of yours . |
| 8 | Another 20 per cent said that it was ‘ a convenient way of buying ( you can get things how and when you want them , instead of having to wait , save or carry lots of cash ) ’ . |
| 9 | So which is ‘ real ’ , or do none of them possess any ultimate ‘ reality ’ ? |
| 10 | ‘ If you have one man killed , you are not justified in bombing cities or killing lots of others . |
| 11 | Indeed , you are permitted to make a faithful copy of a famous painting if you wish , as a means to master a particular technique or learn something of a process or style . |
| 12 | The National Health Service does operate its own convalescent facilities but there are also many private ones if you are covered by insurance or have plenty of money . |
| 13 | Apart from this , Thomas neither says nor does anything of note until after the Crucifixion . |
| 14 | THIS is usually the jolliest month of the year because you can justify buying up the High Street and nursing lots of hangovers . |
| 15 | I think it would be fun to use fabric paints rather than hunting for and knitting lots of different colours . |
| 16 | Mr Sisulu , now 77 , was six years older than Mr Mandela and became something of a mentor to him on his arrival in Johannesburg in 1941 . |
| 17 | Ornamental grasses also featured here and became something of a talking point , especially Carex comans ‘ Bronze Form ’ . |
| 18 | When he had recovered from his ordeal , Ciparis was able to tell of what had happened — and he went on telling the story for the rest of his life , for he was given a free pardon , joined a travelling circus , and became something of a celebrity . |
| 19 | Had Furlanetto done his homework on the great singers of the past , simply in order to try and absorb something of the tradition in double-quick time ? |
| 20 | It was also a pleasant break from air-travel to go by road from Agra to Delhi , and to see something of the country . |
| 21 | She would come to the vicarage and borrow something of Sophia 's . |
| 22 | There 's a stubborn clinging to bad habits that benign social planners and therapists would like to ‘ liberate ’ us from , an obstinate refusal to ‘ move on up ’ and make something of oneself . |
| 23 | Managers are responsible for providing their people with development opportunities , but it is always up to the individual person to take the opportunities on offer and make something of them . |
| 24 | In a tone that brooked no argument , the old lady announced , ‘ You 'll marry Benedict , and make something of him ! ’ |
| 25 | You have to admire the ones with the guts to go it alone and make something of their lives when times are hard , even if the ways they do so are not strictly legal . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm going to sit there with my Sporting Life and make lots of money , ’ she laughs . |
| 27 | And make lots of profit . |
| 28 | Zakopane , Poland 's leading mountain resort , is open throughout the year and offers lots of facilities for holidaymakers of all ages . |
| 29 | Gail said : ‘ I would love to do it again — I had a good time and met lots of interesting people including great athletes such as Britain 's Colin Jackson . |
| 30 | Despite our wariness of exclusivity , if I had a satisfactory answer to my first question ( somewhere along the lines of : we pay nothing and lose none of the candidate fee ! ) |