Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun] [pers pn] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her eyes fell on two empty jam jars standing on a shelf , and then her mind flew to the clumps of snowdrops she 'd noticed blooming near the entrance to the shearers ' quarters . |
| 2 | There seemed nothing at all , no way of climbing back on to the free wheel of conversation they had somehow set going the other night . |
| 3 | You do not need to list everything you own , but it will help if you know what sorts of things you have . |
| 4 | For its part Thames Water welcomed the report , but spokesman Tom Curtin says the company 's been acting on the sorts of things it 's recommended for some time . |
| 5 | Observe that the sorts of inferences we have been discussing are not sanctioned by the form of language used . |
| 6 | If you feel it will be difficult to stand back sufficiently to carry out the sorts of procedures we have discussed in this chapter , then it may be best to avoid them . |
| 7 | It is possible that the question you are asking is different from the sorts of discussion you have encountered in what you have read on the subject . |
| 8 | As long as some specific predictive content can be given to the notion of implicature , this is a genuine and substantial solution to the sorts of problems we have just illustrated . |
| 9 | Yeah so , so perhaps the things that , the things that erm seem to us more important than your bodily configuration , whether I have blue eyes or brown eyes , something that 's more important seems to be the sorts of desires I have . |
| 10 | We need to understand how and why male fantasies may commonly differ from female ones , and why the sorts of fantasies I have mentioned , which may in some ways seem antithetical to feminism , may still have a strong appeal to women who have a feminist allegiance . |
| 11 | So I can produce the sorts of designs I 've always wanted to produce ! ’ |
| 12 | I sobered , thinking of sagas I had heard of wolves , but my father hushed me . |
| 13 | This conviction arose from the literature study as well as from the great deal of experience we had acquired in the shock treatment of these depressions ’ . |
| 14 | In the kitchen she found Victorine tightly absorbed in skimming the thick skin off the saucepan of milk she had just boiled . |
| 15 | But while the UK has become suddenly and significantly a net exporter of oil it has gradually lost its self-sufficiency in gas . |
| 16 | After all the signals of rejection she 'd sent out at the apartment — despite Marlin , despite the dangerous streets , despite the hour , despite their bitter history — she 'd come , bearing the gift of her body to his bed . |
| 17 | The sea is calm , but such ripples as there are flick the light from the sun about and refract the view of the pebbles so that staring over the edge of the kayak is like peeing into a kaleidoscope over whose speed of rotation you have no control . |
| 18 | In his outpourings to the readers of Ink he had compared bureaucrats to the police , the army and prison officers . |
| 19 | This is the earliest mention of tennis I have come across , and it is nice to know that even at this early age a sporting rivalry existed between the two villages . |
| 20 | She refused to look upon herself as an invalid , but it might be sensible to take a tonic , say , during the coming winter months , and to catch up with the loss of sleep she had so cheerfully endured . |
| 21 | I have also complained to you continually about the loss of orders I have taken from my customers , ie back orders which get lost on the computer or they are not delivered due to the lack of stock . |
| 22 | This caused the single biggest loss of stock I have ever had . |
| 23 | The Russian Government had purchased firearms , and the plaintiff claimed that this was a result of influence he had exerted ; if this were true , he would be entitled to commission on the sale value . |
| 24 | What 's interesting also growing cos the election employee representation is something which trade unionists are beginning to face as a result of initiative they 'd taken by U K employers . |
| 25 | He got back here late this morning , saying the swap had gone without a hitch and clutching the photograph of Sam we 'd been promised . |
| 26 | He was seated on the sofa sifting through a batch of papers he had taken from his attache case . |
| 27 | Maud Bailey went on : ‘ I 've checked my card index — I 'm working on a full-length study of Melusina I 've only found one reference to Ash . |
| 28 | In the study of soils it has been argued ( Bridges , 1981 ) that soil geography aims to ‘ record and explain the development and distribution of soils on the surface of the earth ’ . |
| 29 | I could say that in spite of ties of affection I have been lonely all my life . |
| 30 | On June 11 , as she visited a hospice in Southport , Merseyside , the facade of bravery she had managed to sustain crumbled and she burst into tears . |