Example sentences of "of [pron] [adj] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I had known what would be required of me this morning I would n't have gone to that birthday celebration last night . ’ |
| 2 | But the new game she had invented of punishing one or both of them each time they were beastly to her made her life more or less bearable . |
| 3 | He 's one of them educated bastards who would n't know his arse from his elbow on a Friday night in the Bigg Market … |
| 4 | She 's like one of them underwater swimmers I seen on telly — you know , all slow and graceful like . |
| 5 | Norton 's 13,000 shareholders , most of them private individuals who invested out of loyalty to the name and hope for its resurrection , are stuck : they can neither sell their shares nor can they vote on MacDonald 's tenure . |
| 6 | ‘ WAS IT ONE OF THEM IN-DEPTH things you have to really think about ? ’ asked the cabbie who drove me from A Hard Heart . |
| 7 | Right on one of them this bloke it says he hypnotises them and he goes when I click my fingers you will become my servant and he 's about to click his fingers like that when somebody comes and rescues them . |
| 8 | The Thurlstone militia returns of 1806 name 129 men , of whom forty-one were weavers and twenty-one were clothiers , each of them humble men who worked at a loom in their own home . |
| 9 | Then you 'll relax and it 'll happen — then you 'll stop being one of them miserable nymphos who hop from man to man , hoping for Mr Right , the man who can satisfy her . ’ |
| 10 | As many as 300,000 people , many of them farming families who have flooded in from the villages , are clamouring for survival . |
| 11 | From the safety of my heterosexual relationship I wore my Gaysoc badge out on the streets . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ Having become heartily sick of my private life myself , I could hardly expect others to take a more charitable view . ’ |
| 13 | I came back to the flat with one of my regular clients who I had planned to meet . |
| 14 | I heard no more of the debate and to the astonishment of my fellow delegates I stormed out of the auditorium and locked myself away in the Ladies to howl out my rage , alone . |
| 15 | I seemed to be a lot happier than the rest of my fellow travellers who seemed to be very sleepy . |
| 16 | Only three could read , and none could write , so at the end of my first day I felt quite depressed at the thought of the hard work ahead of me . |
| 17 | One of my first contacts there was Frank Mah , who with his clever wife Mary , became close personal and family friends for many years . |
| 18 | In one of my first jobs I plastered on the make-up and wore very executive-type suits . |
| 19 | And I can remember one of my first patients I had to take blood from , and it took me quite a few goes on that poor lady but she 's still friends with me so she 's forgiven me . |
| 20 | For 22 years of my married life I maintained these two old people . ’ |
| 21 | At the end of my final year I stood as a sabbatical officer for the Union . |
| 22 | In the back of one of my homemade guitars I used a bit of thin foam , rolled up tight , to hold a battery in place ; then I had a brainwave to use a piece of this and lay it across the springs , between them and the rear plate . |
| 23 | one of my best animals I … |
| 24 | Zenobia was also the first name of my paternal grandmother who lived and died in Nigeria and whom I never met . |
| 25 | But towards the end of my anorexic period I think I was verging upon mental illness in the sense that even those who disbelieve in it might accept , that is , I had become out of touch with reality as perceived by others and unable to cope with demands of everyday life . |
| 26 | It 's at this point nearing the end of my open study I 've realised a connection between the four characters I have just compared . |
| 27 | After nights of fox predation on my small flock of sheep , I wonder if the anti-hunt protesters would like to hear the cries of my bereft ewes who have lost their lambs ? |
| 28 | I slipped from my own chair without a word , kicked away the detritus of my previous life which was posing as champagne foil , and followed him to the Gents . |
| 29 | However , cautious and pragmatic as ever , I realised that before I could take part in the airier abstractions of my chosen profession I needed to confront the nitty-gritty , the hard business of actually selling things , specific products , to industrial customers . |
| 30 | Having listened to the arguments of my Hon. Friends I do not know why the Minister has not leapt to his feet to say that he accepts the new clause . |