Example sentences of "[verb] was of a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The saddest story I heard was of a sheriff officer going to a door to collect items that were to be sold at auction . |
| 2 | Unfortunately the opening was dogged by controversy , because the track in which the route had been laid was of a type having a 1¼″ groove instead of the normal 1″ groove . |
| 3 | And the ninth photograph she had taken was of a school . |
| 4 | The example given was of a tenant against whom an order for eviction had been made securing further time in residence by appealing . |
| 5 | We were both professors at Imperial College in 1956–59 but the impression I got was of a professor somewhat on the Kissinger model — a status symbol for the college , but not an approachable colleague . |