Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adj] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charlie , now a light middleweight , could n't wait to get in the ring while Tommy somehow managed to keep himself out of the firing line , although both of them became aware of Captain Trentham 's menacing presence as his swagger stick continually struck the side of his leg . |
| 2 | The fire died down and the embers became grey ashes , the forest around them became full of noises as the creatures of the night resumed possession of it , but Marian , Allen and Hugh slept on until well after dawn . |
| 3 | His financial controller Roger Richardson came up with a system of false accounting , which enabled them to borrow millions of pounds over a three year period and keep the company going . |
| 4 | But , not everyone has thousands of pounds to spend on a studio set up and Freeman has addressed this point and also detailed the necessary design and items for the temporary home studio and has also included sections on portable studios . |
| 5 | By 1917 the British and the Russians between them occupied most of Iran . |
| 6 | I became aware of eddies of cold air . |
| 7 | It was during this incident that I became aware of Husseys Hatches , as the Fire Brigade used the water from one of these , nearly opposite the Brown Street Baptist Church . |
| 8 | And clearly something is happening , I mean millions of peasants are joining |
| 9 | However , whilst I remain suspicious of Hick 's cosy position , it may be possible to accept that there is something approaching a common theistic structure among a number of the world 's religious traditions . |
| 10 | When I was in Germany at the end of the war , I met hundreds of Germans who tried to explain this to me . |
| 11 | ‘ I met thousands of people who pretended they could teach me how to do it . |
| 12 | After half an hour , I got tired of reading . |
| 13 | Actually , I had more than a hand in it ; I designed all of Crate 's new tube line , even though it does n't have my name on it . |
| 14 | In response to the article on women in the Soviet Union ( Silent Sisterhood NI 190 ) , I found many of Ms Feldman 's conclusions insulting . |
| 15 | In a cubicle I found one of Julie 's hairs . |
| 16 | I say this of course in the late twentieth century . |
| 17 | I wove four of Joyce 's characters into one cocktail party scene , ducking in and out of each character in an attempt to fill the stage with people . |
| 18 | I come home here then to Ipswich : I 'd enough of Yorkshire . |
| 19 | I prefer thick wool which gets done rather more quickly , and during the war I unravelled some of Grandma 's things and knitted them up again . |
| 20 | I accept much of Mr. Burke 's submissions . |
| 21 | Of course , he wrote ( and Goldberg typed ) , there may be nothing to leave , nothing to explain , nothing to understand , even though I have prepared long enough and only started when the time was ripe , even though I began full of confidence and managed to persuade myself , for a while , that I was well under way . |
| 22 | I can hardly wait — I hear some of John 's outfits are quite stunning . |
| 23 | I know little of cannon . ’ |
| 24 | Although I know little of Madrid , I do know that the ring road around it is best driven with the accelerator pedal through the floor , like all those maniacal Spanish drivers in front and behind you , the steering wheel gripped tightly , eyes shut and prayers in profusion to the Almighty for safe exit from the maelstrom . |
| 25 | But if it had to perish twice , I think I know enough of hate . |
| 26 | Yeah I know most of Wood Green . |
| 27 | I know dozens of officers with their own quirks of taste , dress and behaviour and they 're just real people who 'd be incomplete without such little fads . |
| 28 | I know dozens of people who attest to their effectiveness . |
| 29 | With her , I discovered one of Life 's greatest pleasures … sexual intercourse . |
| 30 | ‘ Perhaps when I get tired of flying , I 'll look underwater ! ’ |