Example sentences of "of [adj] [det] [noun] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | In defence of that same honesty I think he could be shrewd enough , and ruthless enough , too . |
| 2 | Even those who do not share his political opinions readily pay their tribute to the range of his intellect and the graciousness of his character ; more remarkable still , even those whose intellectual qualities are the equal of his , but whose moral qualities have degenerated in contact with the sordid atmosphere of politics , never speak of him with an affected amusement as a religious bigot or a narrow-minded moralist ; in the remarks of these latter politicians I often detect a tone of rather wistful regret , as if they were conscious in themselves of a loss for which the world they have gained has by no means compensated . |
| 3 | One of these many memories I find myself repeating , even today is to retrace our Sunday morning walks from my home in Pilrig , Leith , to a hotel near the Tron Kirk ( where my aunt worked as a housekeeper ) stopping first at a statue , halfway up the Mound , of a kilted figure representing the Black Watch who died in the Boer War . |
| 4 | In spite of all this food I remained as thin as a rake , and was as hungry as ever . |
| 5 | In the midst of all this tension I giggled . |
| 6 | Basically , that means maintaining quality work , but easing down to give my body time to recover and possibly even occasionally allowing myself the luxury of collapsing on the settee , falling asleep and dreaming of all those races I wish I could still win . |
| 7 | I have been here over a week now , and I miss you very much , and I miss the fresh air and the fresh faces of all those people I so hated on the Tube and the fresh things that happened every hour of every day if only I could have seen them — their freshness , I mean . |
| 8 | Think of all the ten per cents of all those series I wo n't be getting . |
| 9 | ‘ When I think of all those months I lived in the Store , not even knowing about the Outside … . ’ |
| 10 | I 've seen two of all these houses I walked round at Bridlington , I thought all the gravel looked quite nice , you know , with the odd plant and and things through the gravel . |
| 11 | I can walk out or , and get erm , you know tonnes of any any shop I can get pornography that tells me that , or tell any man who chooses to buy that magazine that 's it okay to take a women even if she says no . |