Example sentences of "[pron] of [pos pn] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The workmen turned away after parents told them of their fears for the safety of local children . |
| 2 | Yes they 've stripped me of my cash for tonight . |
| 3 | She asked me how I felt towards Abraham , told me of his feelings for me , and offered sisterly advice on how to win him . |
| 4 | Tony thought a Wolfhound would be great — and Christopher reminded me of his longing for an Old English Sheepdog . |
| 5 | So they did n't have much er of their of their feed for the hens . |
| 6 | Van Leer inherited some of his father 's acumen but none of his money and certainly none of his love for money . |
| 7 | The question of priorities with Sweelinck is not easily solved for , whereas his vocal works began to appear in print in 1594 , none of his compositions for organ or harpsichord — by far the most important part of his output — were published while he was alive , and all but one of the five manuscript sources dating from his lifetime are English ; in fact the Fitzwilliam Book is the earliest . |
| 8 | Regeling , who was an Exeter rider last season , showed he had lost none of his flair for what has always been a happy hunting ground for him , top scoring for his new club . |
| 9 | Erm , just to give you something of my credentials for being here , er the name is , is Lewis . |
| 10 | The Exeter canal remained the only one of its kind for almost two hundred years , until James Brindley made his first canal for the Duke of Bridgewater in 1760 . |
| 11 | Unless you have married a man who is unusually attached to his mother ( which is another matter altogether ) , it will be unlikely to occur to your husband that he needs to do anything more to make his mother happy than to be a kind and dutiful son , who has given her sanctuary in his own home in her later years ; but if he is a man of feeling , it will not be difficult to persuade him of her need for his company : her need to be taken out for a run in the car with him alone sometimes , to be kissed when he kisses you when he gets home in the evening , and occasionally to be brought a bunch of flowers instead of you . |
| 12 | I also told him of my affection for you and that I could n't injure you by marrying you without love . |
| 13 | The anxieties and misgivings of the past few days disappeared as though they had never been , as Johnny kissed her and touched her and told her of his need for her ; of his despair when she had not come to him . |
| 14 | The GRIST funding represents a timely response to addressing these issues , although a cautionary note has to be sounded — if the curriculum is not considered satisfactory for four years olds in general , what of its relevance for four year olds with special needs ? |