Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] of [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have in mind that point beyond which parents are no longer flexible , do n't allow their children a certain amount of leeway , are not prepared to overlook or make light of mistakes or misdemeanours . |
| 2 | You will work until your feet are stripped raw of flesh and until your legs are bowed and your skin is shrivelled . |
| 3 | But Prince has floated free of grassroots or use value , and ascended to an aristocratic , aerial domain of licence and luxury — where he 's instigated a promiscuous chaos of stylistic miscegenation . |
| 4 | With sea-room a prerequisite of safe ship handling , naval training and other deep-water seamanship has always been more concerned , therefore , with keeping clear of land than with approaching beaches . |
| 5 | Horses are usually pretty easy going creatures who grow fond of people and attention : why then should some be anxious ? |
| 6 | It is tax efficient since premiums invested in a pension not only grow free of tax but also qualify for full tax relief . |
| 7 | The areas covered include some which have attracted little or no interest in the past , but are considered worthy of investigation because of their geological setting . |
| 8 | She was gradually becoming conscious of aches and pains caused by the long , tiring flight and the horrendously bumpy drive from the airport to Marigot Bay . |
| 9 | The inquiry 's terms of reference will be ’ to examine selection and appointment methods and criteria for staff working in children 's homes and to recommend improvements ; and to make such further examination as the committee may consider justified of management or other issues relevant to the protection of children and young people and to the support and guidance of staff in such homes . ’ |
| 10 | All sources of information , if they are related to meaning , are deemed worthy of investigation and possible subsequent inclusion in the design of a ’ semantic knowledge base ’ . |
| 11 | The Duke had to appear confident of victory or else every waverer in his army would run to be with the Emperor and the winning side . |
| 12 | On Williams Holdings the Panel said : ‘ The Panel 's attention was drawn to Note 1 to the Accounts which indicates that exceptional items are reported net of tax and that earnings per share are shown before exceptional items on the consolidated profit and loss account . |
| 13 | He goes to live in London with Herbert Pocket , and is turned into a gentleman , living an expensive but futile sort of existence , and becoming ashamed of Joe and his village origins . |
| 14 | The same holds true of holidays as themes of mental activity while working : |
| 15 | Evolution Without Evidence is not a creationist broadside , but an interesting and well-written exercise on the theme that the young Charles Darwin became convinced of evolution but felt that he did not have the evidence to convince his contemporaries , and spent a long time getting it together and arranging it — so long that he was taken by surprise and had to get out the Origin prematurely ( as he always said himself ) . |
| 16 | Maureen said that her mother seemed free of pain but he warned her it could return at any moment . |
| 17 | He seemed bereft of sense as he pulled ribboned holly sprays from the walls and fed them to a sulky fire , cheering as they crackled and spurted heatless flame up the chimney . |
| 18 | The Second Division side seemed bereft of ideas until White suddenly found an opening . |
| 19 | She had grown fond of Betty and found her thought-processes amusing . |
| 20 | Just as Lydia had gradually grown fond of Betty as she recognised her good qualities , so Betty realising how reprehensible Lydia could be liked her less . |
| 21 | For details dial free of charge and ask for Total Water Heating . |
| 22 | It was by no means the end of violence in the East End , though the indications were that ordinary folk had grown sick of Fascists and Communists alike . |
| 23 | Stirling should have made sure of victory and further ease their own relegation worries after taking a 25th minute lead through Willie Watters . |
| 24 | I 'd been in and out of hospitals , where my veins had been pumped full of glucose because I 'd refused to eat . |
| 25 | Children were pumped full of beer and wine at social ‘ dos ’ ; doctors freely prescribed alcoholic liquors , and society regarded reaching the condition of drunkenness as a great achievement . |
| 26 | Boys with wicker baskets full of bricks and masonry hurry past ; the streets stink and run with mud and excrement . |
| 27 | But erm , they did n't seem to go on the dole , they just seemed short of work and short of money , you see ? |
| 28 | Fenna came full of love and sorrow and joy . |
| 29 | This led him to suggest that perhaps bladders full of oxygen and gunpowder might be used to good effect in mining . |
| 30 | What did these know of the rest of the city , let alone of planet or galaxy ? |