Example sentences of "[indef pn] be [verb] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | There , in someone 's misbegotten idea of an English country house , sits the flagship of a worldwide , 145- store empire worth an estimated $3 billion , and built on America 's nagging class insecurity . |
| 2 | This is n't surprising , of course , since the overall purpose of talking with someone is to impart information of some kind . |
| 3 | For example , we have some little children down here that nobody is taking care of . |
| 4 | Everything is taken care of here . |
| 5 | By dropping the novel and other kinds of drama , more time would be provided for the extensive reading of poetry which is so essential if one is to make sense of any one poem . |
| 6 | With its maddened strings , echo-chamber vocal and the odd filigree of lonesome country whistling , it is vaguely suggestive of the sixties pop-melodrama of ‘ Wichita Lineman ’ or ‘ Something 's Gotten Hold of My Heart ’ . |
| 7 | My Trial , Cave and the Bad Seeds were staging their own dilapidated equivalents to ‘ By the Time I Get to Phoenix ’ and ‘ Something 's Gotten Hold of My Heart ’ , in the gently obliterating , slowly gathering , morose grandeur of ‘ Sad Waters ’ and ‘ Stranger Than Kindness ’ . |
| 8 | Amadé notices , just the same , something 's taken hold of her man , eaten into his heart . |
| 9 | She 's tried so hard to refuse payment from her aunties for the day 's outing , but has succeeded only in deflecting each one 's departing offer of a clandestine , crumpled tip . |
| 10 | One has to think twice before one orders a cup of coffee , in case one 's making use of one 's position . |
| 11 | It is important to have someone trustworthy to talk to , but if anyone is told control of the information may be lost . |
| 12 | Watchful , though not wary , their guard may be down , but no-one is taking advantage of anyone else here . |
| 13 | Every time he removed his glasses to wipe the rain off them he could see that everyone was taking advantage of his short-sightedness to stare at him and grin and point . |