Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [pers pn] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I see enough of you and Gesner racing around in that appalling car of his without watching you prancing together on a stage . ’ |
| 2 | Two , three times , I had my pleasure of her before kissing her roundly on the cheeks , slapping her on the bottom and whispering a fond adieu . |
| 3 | 4.8 Section 2(4) of the Law Reform ( Personal Injuries ) Act 1948 ( see Appendix C ) provides that in an action for damages for personal injuries there shall be disregarded , in determining the reasonableness of any expenses , the possibility of avoiding those expenses or part of them by taking advantage of facilities available in the National Health Service . |
| 4 | Neil is reluctant to talk about the songs in any more detail : ‘ Like my good friend Bob says , a song is just a thought ; you ca n't really talk about a little part of it without taking the whole thing into consideration . ’ |
| 5 | In the 1060s Pisa won a substantial fortune in a naval raid on Palermo , still in Muslim hands , and dedicated a handsome part of it to beautifying the famous religious quarter of the city — laying the foundations of cathedral and baptistry and other ecclesiastical buildings . |
| 6 | or part of it at leapt , should be united with this parish under one Kirk session , they associate with them as a member of Session . " |
| 7 | When we got the Hill Farm Subsidy and we were obliged to spend a certain part of it in putting something back in the soil , uncle liked Middleton Lime , so he spread a bit of that around along with basic slag , and cow manure , of course . |
| 8 | ( 2 ) A person can not steal land , or things forming part of land and severed from it by him or by his directions , except in the following cases , that is to say — ( a ) when he is a trustee or personal representative , or is authorised by power of attorney , or as liquidator of a company , or otherwise , to sell or dispose of land belonging to another , and he appropriates the land or anything forming part of it by dealing with it in breach of the confidence reposed in him ; or ( b ) when he is not in possession of the land and appropriates anything forming part of the land by severing it or causing it to be severed , or after it has been severed ; or ( c ) when , being in possession of the land under a tenancy , he appropriates the whole or part of any fixture or structure let to be used with the land . |
| 9 | ( a ) when he is a trustee or personal representative , or is authorised by power of attorney , or as a liquidator of a company , or otherwise , to sell or dispose of land belonging to another , and he appropriates the land or anything forming part of it by dealing with it in breach of the confidence reposed in him ; or |
| 10 | The steep-sided valley of Stroud-Water in Gloucestershire must have presented much the same kind of picture , but Defoe does not attempt any description of it beyond saying that ‘ the clothiers Iye all along the banks of this river for near 20 miles ’ ; and Celia Fiennes passed along the high road over the uplands from Gloucester to Bath and failed to notice it at all . |
| 11 | ‘ And I do n't know about all this ‘ probate ’ flummery , because it ai n't stopped Miss Ara and that there reverend husband of hers from taking all they want . ’ |
| 12 | The conversion was from the left and well to the left , but kicker Missimo Bonomi waited until the charging Irish seven were almost on top of him before sending a high , curling attempt just wide of the posts . |
| 13 | An inquest 's heard how an experienced woman rider died when her horse somersaulted on top of her after tripping over a jump . |
| 14 | These people are entitled to use ridicule as a weapon to provoke such folk as the sweetly unreasonable Mr Akhtar and the rest of us into wondering whether our beliefs , including our most deeply held convictions , are actually tenable . |
| 15 | For example a couple of weeks ago there was a thing on tit for tat and this week there 's a fascinating thing on snakes and female sexuality which erm illustrates er some of the points I 'll be , I 'll , I 'll be making and although as Sue rightly says erm , most of the articles in Nature are rather technical and difficult to understand if you 're not a specialist they do make concessions to the rest of us by publishing very often erm summaries er in the first part of the journal erm and there is one on this and er I can recommend that . |
| 16 | Whatever the specialised interests of visitors to this region , they can gain a reasonable general orientation of it before starting their particular excursions , by taking the 3 hour boat trip from Luzern to Fluelen or vice versa . |
| 17 | Yes , I mean I have a very helpful husband , but he 's helping , he sees him himself as helping me rather than doing his share of it without having to ask what help I need . |
| 18 | ‘ But if he 'd known of this outrage , ’ said Philip , looking from one to the other of them with searching eyes , ‘ the boy would have told me in Isambard 's presence . |
| 19 | Human regard for the sea has varied from the taking of it for granted as a tiresome obstacle to trade and exploration , to romanticising it in what so many writers are pleased to call its moods . |
| 20 | Both you and I are much blamed by the " crouner and capitanes " and in truth not without cause , for they say there is no wrong done in Ireland but only that which is done by these men that come from Ila , and Auchinbrecke said to me that he would complain to my Lord of you for sending them at all , except men you have passed and will be answerable for . |
| 21 | Sport , erm , I remember when I learned badminton , that the teacher would show us the high smash shot down , until we saw it being done properly , if he told us the theory of it without showing us what it looked like when it was done properly , we would n't have known what we were aiming at . |
| 22 | That Aethelheard 's flight was not generally seen as discreditable is clear from Leo III 's subsequent praise of him for endangering his life against ‘ Julian the Apostate ’ , as the pope described Eadberht , but Alcuin gave Aethelheard no such credit and remained highly critical of him for allegedly neglecting his Christian duty and it is possible that in his absence the Kentish leaders were considering the election of another archbishop . |
| 23 | But it was the Victorian taste for jet , spurred by the Queen 's adoption of it for mourning that forged the unforgettable link with Whitby . |
| 24 | Any minute now , Andrew would start talking in disparaging tones about the habits of ‘ young people ’ , a favourite topic of his since reaching the age of forty . |
| 25 | Oh , certainly I know the common practice of reading the future by opening the Evangel blindly , and laying a finger on the page , but what is this official use of it in consecrating a new bishop ? |
| 26 | The shifts in pace , in tone , in level , come at us without warning , so that even as one part of the brain tries to grasp at this or that , to make sense of it before moving on , the rest responds to the exhilaration of being swept along the verbal equivalent of a ghost railway . |
| 27 | When you have to get up from a settee , it will take less effort if you first come to the edge of it before attempting to stand . |
| 28 | This , obviously , is the place from which to inspect the western Pyrenees for a first time or , given the summary quality of the prospect , from which to take leave of them before driving north . |
| 29 | So again think about that aspect of it in identifying training needs . |
| 30 | Although one need look no further than the Institute 's mission statement to appreciate that it sees members ' interests as very much secondary to the public interest , it might be reassuring for practising members to know that the Institute , nevertheless , recognises their concerns and has taken proper account of them in determining its long-term objectives . |