Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [v-ing] [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main thing to prevent is a solid sheet of ice forming because it acts like a lid and prevents the escape of poisonous gases , given off by deteriorating pond vegetation . |
| 2 | Robyn gasped incoherently as his mouth played and teased , felt the moistness of desire increasing until she wondered dazedly whether she could endure such ecstasy any longer . |
| 3 | He looked around for Reni 's wife — the mother of Neferukhebit wondering if she was the source of the girl 's character . |
| 4 | Hippolytus composed a strange book entitled the Refutation arguing the dependence of a row of Gnostic sects upon a row of pagan philosophers , and finally turning his weapons on Callistus , who seemed to him the abomination of desolation sitting where he ought not . |
| 5 | There was a lot of controversy involved , a lot of name calling if you will , erm a lot of accusations , none have merit I 'll put that right up front , none have merit , I would recommend that you go out to bid to satisfy those concerns . |
| 6 | Sense of glass expanding as I enter . |
| 7 | Did , did you have two weeks sort of training leaving before you joined the branch ? |
| 8 | History will decry our time as a period of market soothsaying when it was believed that the market could provide everything and solve all problems . |
| 9 | The rate at which you eat not only strongly influences how much you want to eat but — more surprisingly — it influences the length of time elapsing before you feel the desire to eat again . |