Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] of [noun prp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Built to last by William Douglas , at a time when the family was in high favour because of its support of Robert the Bruce , the massive red sandstone ruins of Tantallon on its seagirt rock above the mouth of the Forth look virtually unassailable even today . |
| 2 | The only thing she omitted was her suspicion of Bryce the handyman . |
| 3 | Mr Smith made his demolition of Major the centrepiece of a 48-minute speech which had his party on its feet . |
| 4 | At the same time as Auerbach was painting his heads of JYM the English National Opera Company was mounting a production of Bizet 's Carmen designed by Maria Bjornson . |
| 5 | William of Poitiers used the Gesta Normannorum Ducum when working on his history of William the Conqueror in the 1070s , but the beginning of his Gesta Guillelmi has not survived , and it now opens with events just after Cnut 's death . |
| 6 | Wycliffe said : ‘ I wo n't keep you longer than necessary , but I should appreciate your opinion of Francis the sort of man he was . ’ |